potpie |
a pie made with meat or poultry, vegetables, and sauce, topped with a single pastry crust and baked in a deep oven dish. |
potpourri |
a collection or combination of miscellaneous, unrelated elements or objects. [3 definitions] |
pot roast |
a whole cut of meat, usu. chuck or round steak, that is braised or stewed, usu. in a covered pot and with vegetables. |
potsherd |
a fragment of broken pottery, esp. one with archaeological significance. |
potshot |
a shot fired randomly at game, esp. in disregard of hunting laws or the rules of the sport. [4 definitions] |
pottage |
a thick soup made with vegetables and sometimes meat. |
potted |
placed or kept in a pot. [3 definitions] |
potter |
one who makes pottery. |
potter's field |
an area set aside for the burial of the friendless poor or unknown individuals. |
potter's wheel |
a device consisting of a horizontal disk made to rotate by foot or motor power, that enables a potter to create cylindrical or rounded shapes in clay. |
pottery |
ceramic ware such as mugs, plates, bowls, and vases. [2 definitions] |
pottle |
formerly, a unit of capacity equal to two quarts. [2 definitions] |
potty |
a removable pot that fits under a small open seat, used in the toilet training of a child. [2 definitions] |
pouch |
a bag made in a variety of sizes and shapes, usu. of a sturdy material, and used to carry loose substances and articles such as tobacco or letters. [6 definitions] |
pouchy |
like a pouch; baggy. |
pouf |
a late eighteenth-century hairstyle, characterized by high rolls or puffs of hair. [3 definitions] |
poulard |
a fat young hen, esp. one spayed to improve the flesh for food. |
poult |
any young fowl, esp. a turkey. |
poultice |
a soft, usu. heated mass of moist meal, leaves, or the like that is spread on a cloth and applied to a sore or inflamed area of the body as a therapy. [2 definitions] |
poultry |
collectively, domestic fowls, esp. those that are raised as a source of meat and eggs, such as chickens and turkeys, or the meat from these fowls. |
poultryman |
a man who raises poultry, esp. chickens, to sell commercially. [2 definitions] |