FLOWERPOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flowerpot mean? 

• FLOWERPOT (noun)
  The noun FLOWERPOT has 1 sense:

1. a container in which plants are cultivated

  Familiarity information: FLOWERPOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWERPOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A container in which plants are cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

flowerpot; pot

Hypernyms ("flowerpot" 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))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flowerpot"):

planter (a decorative pot for house plants)

 Context examples 

"Yes, sir," and Jo nearly crushed the small flowerpot with the sudden squeeze she gave it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

These are normally found in and around the home in the form of open bottles, old tyres, uncovered water tanks and flowerpots.

(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)