flowerpot

noun
/ˈflaʊɚˌpɑt/US/ˈflaʊəˌpɒt/UK

Etymology

From flower + 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. formed as flowerpot — “flower + pot

Definitions

  1. A pot filled with soil in which plants are grown.

    • 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.
    • 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.
  2. A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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