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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 plantsplay

  Familiarity information: WATERING POT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WATERING POT (noun)


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)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"All flowers are not in one garland." (English proverb)

"All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them." (Native American proverb, Arapaho)

"If the water is available you need not clean up with sand." (Arabic proverb)

"Lies have twisted limbs." (Corsican proverb)



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