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WATERING POT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does watering pot mean?
• WATERING POT (noun)
The noun WATERING POT has 1 sense:
1. a container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
Familiarity information: WATERING POT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
watering can; watering pot
Hypernyms ("watering pot" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Meronyms (parts of "watering pot"):
grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)
spout (an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain)
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