waterpot

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noun

A pot or jug for holding water.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounwaterpot (plural waterpots)

plural waterpots · alternative water-pot

  1. A pot or jug for holding water.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwaterpot
  2. Englishwaterpot

From Middle English waterpot, waterpott, water pott, watyrpotte, equivalent to water + pot. Cognate with West Frisian wetterpot (“waterpot”), Dutch waterpot (“waterpot”). Compare also German Wassertopf (“waterpot”).

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APA

waterpot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterpot

MLA

“waterpot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterpot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waterpot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waterpot.

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