potted
pronunciation
How to pronounce potted in British English:
UK [ˈpɒtɪd]
How to pronounce potted in American English:
US [ˈpɑtɪd]
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- Adjective:
- of plants; planted or grown in a pot
- preserved in a pot or can or jar
- (British informal) summarized or abridged
Word Origin
- potted (adj.)
- of meat, "preserved in a pot," 1640s, past participle adjective from pot (v.). Of a plant, from 1718. In the figurative sense of "put into a short, condensed form," 1866,
Example
- 1. One display was of potted kimjongilias supposedly donated by foreign diplomatic missions .
- 2. Four potted space how can there ?
- 3. Application of grafting in rhododendron potted landscape modelling .
- 4. The train was as clean and spruce as I remembered it-the sheets on the bunks immaculately laundered , the windows all decorated with fresh lace curtains and a potted plant .
- 5. We can see this through a potted history of privatisation in the uk .