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a container that you use for a special thing a pot of coffee

a plant pot

—Look at the picture at cactus .

po • tas • si • um / pa ' tresiam / noun

[ noncount ] ( symbol K )

( CHEMISTRY ) a soft, silver-white metal that is used especially in mixtures (called compounds )

PO .ta .tO ©/ ps'teitou /noun [count, noncount] ( plural po • ta • toes )

a white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground a baked potato mashed potato

—Look at sweet potato . ,

—Look at the picture at vegetable .

po • ta • to chip / pa 'teitou tfip / noun [ count ]

a very thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil and eaten cold Do you want some potato chips with your sandwich?

po • ten • tial 1 AWL / pa ' tenjl / adjective

possible; likely to happen or exist potential students

► po • ten • tial • ly AWL / pa 'ten/ali / adverb

This is a potentially dangerous situation (= it could be

dangerous ) .

po • ten • tial 2 AWL / pa'tenjl / noun

[noncount]

qualities or possibilities that exist and can be developed She has great potential as a musician.

pot • ter • y / ' patari / noun [ noncount ]

cups, plates, and other things that are made from clay (= heavy earth that becomes hard when it is baked in an oven ) This shop sells beautiful pottery.

( ART ) the activity of making cups, plates, and other things from clay

Her hobby is pottery.

poul • try / ' poultri/ noun [ plural ]

birds such as chickens that people keep on farms for their eggs or their meat

pounce / pauns / verb ( pounc•es,pounc • ing ,pounced )

to jump on someone or something suddenly The cat pounced on the bird.

pound © / paund / noun [ count ]

( symbol lb. ) a measure of weight (= 0.454 kilograms). There are 16 ounces in a pound

You need half a pound of flour. He weighs 195 pounds.

lbs. sugar

2 ( symbol £ ) money that people use in Britain and some other countries

The computer cost three hundred pounds.

pour Ф / por / verb ( pours , pour • ing , poured )

to make liquid flow out of or into something She poured water into the teapot.

She poured me a cup of coffee. Pour the sauce over the meat.

to flow quickly

Oil poured out of the damaged ship. Tears were pouring down her cheeks.

to rain very hard

Look at the weather. It's pouring.

pov • er • ty / ' pavarti / noun [ noncount ]

the state of being poor

There are many people living in poverty in this city.

pow . der ©/ 'paudsr / noun [ count, noncount ]

a dry substance like flour that is made of a lot of very small pieces

Crush the spices to a powder.

Can you get me some more chili powder, please?

pow .er Ф / 'раиэг/ noun

1 [ noncount ] the ability to control people or things; the

ability to do things

The president has a lot of power.

did everything in my power (= everything I could do ) to help her.

[ noncount ] the energy or strength that someone or something has

The ship was helpless against the power of the storm.

[ noncount ] energy that can be collected and used for making machines work, making electricity, etc.

nuclear power

[ count ] the right to do something

Police officers have the power to arrest people.

[ count ] a strong person or country There is a meeting of world powers next week.

[ count , usually singular ] ( math ) the number of times that a number is to be multiplied by itself

4 to the power of 3 is 4 3 (= 4 x 4 x 4 = 64).

POW .er .ful Ф / paoorfl / adjective

having a lot of strength or power The car has a very powerful engine.

He is one of the most powerful people in the company.

having a strong effect a powerful drug