potting

Giving soil homes

Potting is the act of placing plants in pots with soil: She spent the afternoon potting herbs for the windowsill.

It also refers to preserving food in sealed containers, as with potted meat.

In billiards and snooker, potting means sinking a ball into a pocket.

A potting shed is a garden outbuilding for transplanting seedlings and storing supplies.

gardening

soil

Ground matter for planting

greenhouse · fertilizer · containers · drainage · rootball · nursery · propagation · cuttings · perlite · vermiculite

ceramics

clay

Moldable earth for ceramics

  • wheelRotating circular frame
  • kilnOven for hardening clay
  • glazeThin lustrous coating

throwing · firing · porcelain · stoneware · earthenware · shaping · molding · bisque · slip · centering

storage

jars

Lidded glass containers

pickling · fermenting · containers · pantry · curing · brining · pâté · terrines

Categories
Opposites
plant containment

pottinguprooting

Extracting from the earth

unpotting · removing · extracting · digging up · transplanting

plant establishment

pottingsetting out

Beginning a journey

direct sowing · naturalizing · rewilding

billiards/snooker action

pottingmissing

Not present, whereabouts unknown

fouling · miscuing · scratching · leaving · safety play

Phrases
Family

repotting, potting soil, potting mix

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G