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firepot

noun

Etymology

From fire + pot.

  1. inherited from *budnós✻
  2. inherited from *puttaz✻
  3. derived from *pott✻
  4. derived from pot — “pot”
  5. inherited from pott
  6. inherited from pot
  7. compounded as firepot — “fire + pot”

Definitions

  1. A pot used to hold or carry fire.

  2. An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and…

    An early incendiary device, an earthenware pot filled with combustible materials and ignited through a hole in the bottom.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for firepot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA