(mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious creative expression. As in to put food on the table, to boil a pot of food.

(figuratively) To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate. / (archaic) Go to hell. (an angry dismissal)

A slow cooker.

(of a potted plant) Having outgrown the size of the pot, such that its roots have no more room to grow.

A trap used to catch lobsters, resembling a crate with a small opening that a lobster can enter but has trouble exiting. / Synonym of lobster-tailed pot (“kind of helmet”)

past participle of go to pot

A haphazard shot with a firearm, taken with careless aim, often fired at a random target. / A shot taken from a hidden stakeout.

(chiefly UK) A stew of beef or lamb and potatoes.

A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper / A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.