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# flowerpot

noun (a flowerpot, flowerpots)

«flowerpot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flowerpot is a container, usually of clay or plastic, for growing a plant in, with a hole in the bottom for water to drain out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#m1)
2. (UK TV) «Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men» were puppets in an old children's programme (a name). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#m2)

### In the lessons

Science (growing plants, fair tests with identical pots), gardening at school and home, art and DIY. Phrases: clay flowerpot, plant in a flowerpot.

### Examples

- Plant three seeds in each flowerpot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x1)
- The flowerpot has a hole so water can drain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x2)
- We painted terracotta flowerpots for Mother's Day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x3)
- The cat knocked the flowerpot off the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x4)
- Put the flowerpots in a sunny place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x5)
- For a fair test, use the same size flowerpot for every plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x6)

### Note

Countable. One word (also «flower pot»). In maths, flowerpot problems often ask how many seeds per pot: total seeds ÷ seeds per pot = pots.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flowerpot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flowerpot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flowerpot.html) on Mova free.