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Webster 1913 Edition


Pottery

Pot′ter-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Potteries
(#)
.
[F.
poterie
, fr.
pot
. See
Pot
.]
1.
The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.
2.
The place where earthen vessels are made.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pottery

POT'TERY

,
Noun.
The vessels or ware made by potters; earthen ware, glazed and baked.
1.
The place where earthen vessels are manufactured.

Definition 2024


pottery

pottery

English

Noun

pottery (usually uncountable, plural potteries)

  1. Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
    The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
      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. (countable) 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.

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pottery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia