Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
dash-pot is a noun meaning "a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid". It carries one recorded sense.
a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dash-pot come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.