Dictionary

po

see also: Po, PO

Pronunciation

IPA: /pəʊ/

Noun

po (plural pos)

(obsolete) A peacock. [8th–19th c.]

Noun

po (plural pos)

(UK, Australia, NZ, colloquial, dated) A chamberpot. [from 19th c.]
- 1988, Richard Hoggart, A Local Habitation, 1918-40, Chatto & Windus, ISBN 0-7011-3305-8, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=g4fyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22po%22|%22pos%22+-po+chamberpot+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22po%22|%22pos%22+-po+chamberpot+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YpzdT_bzFsWjiAfV7emRCg&redir_esc=y page 67],
  ‘Pos’ or ‘chamber pots’ were provided under the beds.
- 1989, Leonard Woolf, Frederic Spotts (editor), Letters of Leonard Woolf, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=baUjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22po%22|%22pos%22+-po+chamberpot+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22po%22|%22pos%22+-po+chamberpot+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YpzdT_bzFsWjiAfV7emRCg&redir_esc=y page 86],
  There are always several spitoons & pos [chamber pots] about the room & a loathesome smell of consumption, which I expect I shall catch.
- 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright 2016, p. 44:
  Shaking the last few drops from off the end he looked down in surprise at the great head of steam that brimmed above the po, belatedly apprised of just how icy the October garret was.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:chamber pot

Po

Proper noun

Italy's longest river, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

Translations

French: Pô
Italian: Po
Portuguese: Pó
Russian: По

PO

Noun

po (plural pos)

Initialism of post office
(business) Initialism of purchase order
(law enforcement) Initialism of police officer
(law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer
Initialism of principal officer

Adverb

po (not comparable)

(pharmacology) Initialism of per os

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