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# flowerpot

«flowerpot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a container, usually of clay or plastic, for growing a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a flowerpot, flowerpots)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x1)
- The flowerpot has a hole so water can drain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x2)
- We painted terracotta flowerpots for Mother's Day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x3)
- The cat knocked the flowerpot off the windowsill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/#x4)
- Put the flowerpots in a sunny place. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flowerpot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flowerpot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.