A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
Clipping of potion.
From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-I...
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To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
While the announcer is talking, the select switch on the mixing board for the microphone input is selected, and the microphone is “potted up.”