pot of water

collocation in English

meaningsofpotandwater

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pot
noun
uk
/pɒt/us
/pɑːt/
any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for ...
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water
noun
uk
/ˈwɔː.tər/us
/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ/
a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain and is necessary for animal and ...
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(Definition ofpotandwaterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpot of water

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It is like trying to put out a fire with a pintpotofwater.
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It consists of masa harina and corn, slowly steamed or boiled in apotofwater.
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Water on the outside of a pot, i.e. a wet pot, increases the time it takes thepotofwaterto boil.
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Thepotofwatercontaining the starch is then used to boil meat or insect larva.
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She put on apotofwaterto boil as she began grinding the meal.
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Once cooled, the rice is put into apotofwater, then pulled out and combined with rice yeast.
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The lakes grayish-blue water is easily viewed in its perpetual rolling-boil state which looks like a giantpotofwatercooking and steaming on a stove.
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In order to win his bride, he was required to run from his settlement to a point on the river and back before apotofwaterboiled away.
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The new line-up comprised twelve cup soups, five simmer soups designed to be cooked in apotofwater, four savoury rice lines, and four savoury pasta and sauce packets.
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The induction cooker was shown heating apotofwaterwith a newspaper placed between the stove and the pot, to demonstrate the convenience and safety.
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If anotherpotofwateris subsequently emptied at the same place on the following day or the day after that, a pool of water will not collect there.
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Once this minimum velocity is surpassed, the contents of the reactor bed begin to expand and swirl around much like an agitated tank or boilingpotofwater.
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I can imagine 30 little brushes and 30 little faces and 30 little pots of water and a little supply of salt.
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Villagers take at least two pots of water from this well each day.
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Typically, cold water flats did not have built-in showers installed; tenants who wished to bathe would heat pots of water by stove and add the heated water to a bathtub.
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