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# potted

adjective (potted); verb form (past of «pot»: pot, pots, potted, potting)

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

## Everyday

1. Growing in a pot: a potted plant lives in a flowerpot, not in the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#m1)
2. (food) Cooked meat or fish pressed into a small pot or jar and covered with fat or butter so it keeps: «potted shrimps», «potted meat». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#m2)
3. Made short and simple: «a potted history» tells a long story in a few lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#m3)
4. Past form of the verb «pot»: put a plant in a pot, or (snooker, pool) knock a ball into a pocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#m4)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows the Rat packs a famous picnic basket with cold chicken, cold tongue, cold ham, cold beef, pickled gherkins, salad, French rolls, cress sandwiches, «potted meat», ginger beer, lemonade and soda water: potted meat was a spread for sandwiches. In the science classroom we grow potted plants and measure them. Phrases: «a potted plant», «potted meat», «a potted history/biography».

### Examples

- We put a potted plant on each windowsill in the classroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x1)
- Mum bought a jar of potted shrimps at the seaside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x2)
- The Rat's basket was full of good things, including potted meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x3)
- Our teacher gave us a potted history of the Romans in five minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x4)
- He potted the black ball and won the game of pool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x5)
- I potted the seedlings into bigger pots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x6)
- The potted geranium needs watering every few days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x7)

### Note

«potted» has double t because «pot» is a short word ending in one vowel and one consonant: pot → potted, potting. Not the same as «spotted» (having spots).

## On Mova

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