pottery

nounattested in dialogue

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Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

noun

1
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2
A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
3
The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Etymology

From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.

Forms

plural: potteries

pots · A large quantity.potter · One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.Potter · A person from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK

pottery · Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

potty · A chamber pot.pouch · A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.pound · A unit of weight in various measurement systems.

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