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potted

[pot-id]

adjective

  1. placed or enclosed in a pot.

  2. transplanted into or grown in a pot.

  3. preserved or cooked in a pot.

    potted beef.

  4. Slang.drunk.

  5. British Slang.(of the treatment of a subject) shallow; superficial.



potted

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. placed or grown in a pot

  2. cooked or preserved in a pot

    potted shrimps

  3. informalsummarized or abridged

    a potted version of a novel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • unpotted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of potted1

1640–50; 1920–25 potted for def. 4; pot 1 + -ed 2
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"It's not just about the money, it's the principle," he explains, cats winding through potted plants as he talks.

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Nearby sits a potted olive tree and a lighted antique silver Illuminazione candle.

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For more than a year, thousands of classified documents flowed from the TRW complex to the Soviets, with Boyce sometimes smuggling them out in potted plants.

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One of those mistakes from Day proved crucial when he potted the cue ball when on the black to hand Brecel the 16th frame.

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The biggest challenge now is getting the plants potted up for sale this spring.

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