Definition of "honey-pot" [honey-pot]

• A receptacle of various kinds, made of wax or other substance, and often of considerable size, in which many species of wild bees store their honey. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Despite the complete lack of statistical evidence that the billion dollar honey-pot for the oil industry produces any noticeable increase in oil production, the flow of money continues to this day."
• "They struggled and squabbled and ran hither and thither like ants about a honey-pot."
• "More things to experiment with: pumpkin and spinach powders (shown here in small honey-pot jars); tomato and coconut powders in 1. 5-ounce resealable bags; habanero, blueberry and sweet onion sugars, and one of those lidded salt cellars that Alton Brown's always snapping shut on "Good Eats.""