iron pot

iron pot
noun

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Iron Pot — is a small flat sandstone island with an area of 1.27 ha in south eastern Australia. It is part of the Betsey Island Group, lying close to the south eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the Derwent River. It is the site of Tasmania’s… …   Wikipedia

  • talk the legs off an iron pot — (AU) Somebody who is excessively talkative or is especially convincing is said to talk the legs off an iron pot. ( Talk the legs off an iron chair is also used) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • can talk the legs off an iron pot — if someone can talk the legs off an iron pot, they talk a lot. I dread getting into a conversation with Gillian she can talk the legs off an iron pot …   New idioms dictionary

  • Pot-de-fer — The pot de fer was a primitive cannon made of iron. It is known as the first metal cannon, and was used by the French in the Hundred Years War.cite book |author=Tunis, Edwin |title=Weapons: A Pictorial History |publisher=Johns Hopkins University… …   Wikipedia

  • Pot calling the kettle black — The phrase Pot calling the kettle black is an idiom, used to accuse another speaker of hypocrisy, in that the speaker disparages the subject for a fault or negative behavior that could equally be applied to him or her, though there is an… …   Wikipedia

  • iron —   Hao; kakakī (hoop); meki (Biblical); pāpa a hao (scrap); aiana (for pressing clothes); pilihao, piula (corrugated iron roofing). See sayings, alu, wela.    ♦ Iron pan, dish, fence, pā hao. Iron pot, ipu hao. Iron spike, kui hao …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Pot — Pot, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pot cheese — Pot Pot, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pot companion — Pot Pot, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pot hanger — Pot Pot, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”