pottery
(pɒtəri )
Word forms: potteries
1. uncountable noun B2
You can use pottery to refer to pots, dishes, and other objects which are made from clay and then baked in an oven until they are hard.
2. uncountable noun
You can use pottery to refer to the hard clay that some pots, dishes, and other objects are made of.
Some bowls were made of pottery and wood.
3. uncountable noun B2
Pottery is the craft or activity of making objects out of clay.
4. countable noun
A pottery is a factory or other place where pottery is made.
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Collocations:
ceramic pottery pottery class pottery studio pottery wheel
The layout of the castle allows it to exhibit nearly 1,500 pieces of ceramic pottery.
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Many objects were found but only those considered valuable were retained - much ceramic pottery, for example was lost.
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At a rough estimate, in excess of 10,000 individual texts have so far been recovered, mostly inscribed on stone monuments, lintels, stelae and ceramic pottery.
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Large ceramic pottery containers used to store water and grain were placed next to the fireplace.
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However, ceramic building materials are usually readily distinguishable from fragments of ceramic pottery by their rougher finish.
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The same thing happened during pottery class at senior school.
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There will also be a festive celebration at his pottery class, where he usually makes gifts.
The Sun (2015)
She agreed, drove me home and signed me up for pottery class instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Five bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, sitting room, conservatory, a darkroom, and a detached pottery studio with an adjoining workshop and a summer house set in 1½ acres.
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Originally, the land was just intended for her pottery studio.
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He built a pottery studio at his home.
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It contains a video and audio recording studio, a commercial kitchen and cafeteria, an art and pottery studio, and a library.
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From 1990 to 1996 he ran a pottery studio, making a range of wheelthrown and sculptural ceramic objects, including functional tableware.
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There's a large dining table, a modern kitchen and a pottery wheel (for those who are feeling arty).
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The pottery wheel was now in regular use.
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The ceramics were made mostly by hand, although in some cases a pottery wheel was used.
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The idea behind the pottery wheel was to increase the production of pottery.
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They brought the technique of the pottery wheel, new types of fibulas and different bronze and iron belts.
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Translations:
Chinese: 陶器
Japanese: 陶器
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