The scientific function of the flowerpot seems less adequate than the function for which it was originally designed!
The experiment was performed in plastic flowerpots (upper diameter: 10 cm; lower diameter: 7 cm; height: 7 cm).
Usage complicates matters: people sometimes write flowerpot, sometimes flowerpot, and sometimes flower-pot.
It could then be thrown away in 'a convenient flowerpot' or garden.
Sparkling windows were being cleaned and flowerpots hanging from lamp posts ringing the square full to overflowing with colourful blooms were being watered for the day ahead.
It was a pretty clumsy affair; the microphone was concealed in a flowerpot, with wires connecting it to a listening post.
The birds might be turned out of a flowerpot or a basket.
One has in mind restrictions, sometimes of an extraordinary nature, such as those prohibiting flowerpots on window sills.
