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# potted

«potted» in Mova's school dictionary: **Growing in a pot: a potted plant lives in a flowerpot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Growing in a pot: a potted plant lives in a flowerpot, not in the ground. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x1)
- Mum bought a jar of potted shrimps at the seaside. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x4)
- He potted the black ball and won the game of pool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x5)
- I potted the seedlings into bigger pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potted/#x6)
- The potted geranium needs watering every few days. [tree →](https://md.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).

### In the corpora

- [In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/30/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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