Collocations for "potting"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "potting" in context.
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pot
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a set of pots
- pots and pans
- the pot is boiling
- a pot of (boiling) [water, soup]
- a pot with a [lid, cover]
- a covered pot
- a cooking pot
- slow cook in a crock pot
- add the [pasta, vegetables, meat] to the pot
- let it simmer in the pot
- a [steel, cast iron, clay] pot
- a pot of [stew, pasta, ale]
- a melting pot of diversity
- the [United States] is said to be a melting pot
- a [clay, terracotta] flower pot
- the leprechaun's pot of gold
- put (all) the winnings in the pot
- there's [$100] in the (winner's) pot
- [smoke, carry, sell] pot
- [arrested, busted] for pot
- arrested for carrying pot
- slang: the whole [city, plan, team] has gone to pot!
- UK, vulgar, slang: hasn't got a pot to piss in!
- a pot [rack, holder]
- eat a pot roast
- a [chicken, beef] pot pie
- is a pot smoker
- pot [her plants, a plant, the geraniums, your cuttings]
- potting [food, meat, (the) shrimp]
- potting food to [preserve it, eat it later]
- UK: potted the [trophy, prize]
- pot [a ball, the black, the cue ball]
- pot [the ball] and screw back
- pot (at) [birds, pigeons, clay pigeons]
- a pot [rack, holder]
- eat a pot roast
- is a pot smoker
'potting' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):