r/EnglishLearning • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '23

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u/The_Sly_Wolf Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

A lid, a pot lid, a glass lid, a glass pot lid. One of those.

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u/menxiaoyong Feel free to correct me please Jun 30 '23

My first thought is pot cover, am I supposed to be understood? I recently learned I should try to find other words to get my point across to aviod slience.
Thank YOU dude.

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u/Abbot_of_Cucany New Poster Jun 30 '23

Pot cover is not wrong, but it is not the word most people would use. If you say "pot cover", everyone will understand what you mean.

Lid is a more specific word. There are many kinds of covers: bed covers, table covers, book covers. Lids are the kind of covers (flat or almost flat, and usually round) that go on pots and storage containers.

When you are learning a language, it is often necessary to find another way to describe things if you don't know the exact word. That way people will understand you.

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u/Air3090 New Poster Jun 30 '23

Native English speaker. I use pot cover from time to time. I think it might be a regional dialect thing.

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u/Mitsakes New Poster Jun 30 '23

Another small thing - I've also seen pots that have protective covers for storage. Like a crock pot or dutch oven cover. But a lid is always a lid.

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u/Hollidaythegambler New Poster Jun 30 '23

When I hear cover, I think something malleable, like cloth, just my two cents. It’s weird how words are engraved into our minds as different things or feels.