noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Acronym of publicly offered telephone service/system: the public telephone network abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
2. 2
   plural of pot form-of, plural
3. 3
   A large quantity. informal, plural, plural-only

   "We’re going to make pots of money selling my invention!"

4. 4
   Acronym of plain old telephone service/system: the old analog landline circuit-switched telephone network abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
5. 5
   Initialism of post/postal office telephone service/system abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, uncountable

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6. 6
   Abbreviation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of pot form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

heapmintplain old telephone serviceplain old telephone systempost office telephone servicepost office telephone system

Example

More examples

"Don't forget to bring kitchen utensils such as knives and cooking pots."

Related phrases

plain old telephone servicepostural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

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