POTTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potted mean? 

• POTTED (adjective)
  The adjective POTTED has 3 senses:

1. of plants; planted or grown in a pot

2. preserved in a pot or can or jar

3. (British informal) summarized or abridged

  Familiarity information: POTTED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of plants; planted or grown in a pot

Context example:

potted geraniums

Antonym:

unpotted (not planted in pots)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Preserved in a pot or can or jar

Context example:

potted shrimp

Similar:

preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(British informal) summarized or abridged

Context example:

a potted version of a novel

Similar:

abridged ((used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

The Professor, unabashed, seized the nearest Indian by the shoulder and proceeded to lecture upon him as if he were a potted specimen in a class-room.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)