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flowerpot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈflaʊɚˌpɑt/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈflaʊəˌpɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From flower + pot.

Meanings

1. A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.
   • I hope you will think kindly of my whitened bones, and never have anything more to do with Greek writing on flower-pots, sir, if I may make so bold as to say so. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Job Has a Presentiment”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 247:
   • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), pages 377–378:
   • The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others. 2005 April 8, Brian Greene, “One Hundred Years of Uncertainty”, in The New York Times:
   • As a multifaceted kitchen enabler, nothing can quite supplant the gorgeous, timeless, ever-available, often dirt-cheap terra-cotta flowerpot. 2002 April 19, Suzanne Hamlin, “FAVORITES; One Terra-Cotta Pot. Add Lateral Thinking”, in The New York Times:
   • O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize: Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes. 1653, William Basse, “Clio, or The First Muse; in 9 Eglogues in Honor of 9 Vertues. As It was in His Dayes Intended. [Munday. Laurinella. Eglogue. Of True and Chast Love.]”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC, page 14:

Forms

Deriveds

flowerpot red · flowerpotful

Translations (120)

el γλάστρα (container in which plants are grown) · th กระถางดอกไม้ (container in which plants are grown) · vi chậu (container in which plants are grown) · id pot bunga (container in which plants are grown) · sk kvetináč (container in which plants are grown) · et lillepott (container in which plants are grown) · cs květináč (container in which plants are grown) · nb blomsterpotte (container in which plants are grown) · gl testo (container in which plants are grown) · nn blomsterpotte (container in which plants are grown) · ml ചെടിച്ചട്ടി (container in which plants are grown) · wuu 花盆 (container in which plants are grown) · kix tāupūo lāk (container in which plants are grown) · sv blomkruka (container in which plants are grown) · ru горшо́к (container in which plants are grown) · uk го́рщик (container in which plants are grown) · kk қыш құмыра (container in which plants are grown) · lo ກະຖັງດອກໄມ້ (container in which plants are grown) · lt gėliapuodis (container in which plants are grown) · uk квітко́вий горщо́к (container in which plants are grown) · kk құмыра (container in which plants are grown) · ota ساقسی (container in which plants are grown) · sh tegla (za cvijeće) (container in which plants are grown) · ug تەشتەك (container in which plants are grown) · mwl caco (container in which plants are grown) · arc אֲצִיצָא (container in which plants are grown) · hu virágcserép (container in which plants are grown) · az dibçək (container in which plants are grown) · ky карапа (container in which plants are grown) · he עָצִיץ (container in which plants are grown) · nl bloempot (container in which plants are grown) · da urtepotte (container in which plants are grown) · tr saksı (container in which plants are grown) · hy ծաղկաման (container in which plants are grown) · ur گَمْلا (container in which plants are grown) · fa-ira گُلْدان (container in which plants are grown) · te పూలకుండి (container in which plants are grown) · mn цэцгийн сав (container in which plants are grown) · sl (cvetlični) lonec (container in which plants are grown) · lv puķpods (container in which plants are grown) · es plantera (container in which plants are grown) · km ផើងផ្កា (container in which plants are grown) · fi kukkaruukku (container in which plants are grown) · ro vas de flori (container in which plants are grown) · ro ghiveci (container in which plants are grown) · ta பூந்தொட்டி (container in which plants are grown) · uk горне́ць (container in which plants are grown) · sq saksi (container in which plants are grown) · sh cvȅćnjāk (container in which plants are grown) · sh цве̏ћња̄к (container in which plants are grown) · uk горщо́к (container in which plants are grown) · lo ໂຖດອກໄມ້ (container in which plants are grown) · sh цвје̏ћња̄к (container in which plants are grown) · pl doniczka (container in which plants are grown) · la tēsta (container in which plants are grown) · my ပန်းအိုး (container in which plants are grown) · es maceta (container in which plants are grown) · de Blumentopf (container in which plants are grown) · ka ყვავილის ქოთანი (container in which plants are grown) · ja 鉢 (container in which plants are grown) · tg гулдон (container in which plants are grown) · ota چیچكلك (container in which plants are grown) · uk вазо́н (container in which plants are grown) · nan-hbl 花盆 (container in which plants are grown) · nv chʼil bee sikání (container in which plants are grown) · yi בלומענטאָפּ (container in which plants are grown) · sq vazo (container in which plants are grown) · bg сакси́я (container in which plants are grown) · ar أَصِيص الزُّهُور (container in which plants are grown) · mk саксија (container in which plants are grown) · cmn 花盆 (container in which plants are grown) · ru цвето́чный горшо́к (container in which plants are grown) · ca vas de flors (container in which plants are grown) · th กระถางต้นไม้ (container in which plants are grown) · ga próca bláthanna (container in which plants are grown) · it grasta (container in which plants are grown) · sv blomsterkruka (container in which plants are grown) · uz gul tuvak (container in which plants are grown) · uz guldon (container in which plants are grown) · ar أَصِيص (container in which plants are grown) · pt vaso de flores (container in which plants are grown) · ka საყვავილე (container in which plants are grown) · sh sàksija (container in which plants are grown) · pl donica (container in which plants are grown) · be кве́ткавы гаршчо́к (container in which plants are grown) · tl paso (container in which plants are grown) · uk квітко́вий го́рщик (container in which plants are grown) · sh cvjȅćnjāk (container in which plants are grown) · eo florpoto (container in which plants are grown) · es potera (container in which plants are grown) · is blómapottur (container in which plants are grown) · es tiesto (container in which plants are grown) · es macetera (container in which plants are grown) · ky кумура (container in which plants are grown) · ca torreta (container in which plants are grown) · es matero (container in which plants are grown) · ko 화분 (container in which plants are grown) · ms pasu bunga (container in which plants are grown) · cs kořenáč (container in which plants are grown) · vi chậu hoa (container in which plants are grown) · rup săcsie (container in which plants are grown) · hi गमला (container in which plants are grown) · sh са̀ксија (container in which plants are grown) · ro sacsie (container in which plants are grown) · fr pot de fleur (container in which plants are grown) · ja 植木鉢 (container in which plants are grown) · it vaso da fiori (container in which plants are grown) · nn blomepotte (container in which plants are grown) · ca pot (container in which plants are grown) · ur گُلْدان (container in which plants are grown) · ca test (container in which plants are grown) · yue 花盆 (container in which plants are grown) · nv chʼil bee naazkání (container in which plants are grown) · nrf pot à flieurs (container in which plants are grown) · be гаршчо́к (container in which plants are grown) · fo urtapottur (container in which plants are grown) · az güldan (container in which plants are grown) · hi गुलदान (container in which plants are grown) · tl yanga (container in which plants are grown) · te పూల కుండ (container in which plants are grown)