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pottery
(pɒtəri)
Word forms: plural potteries
1. uncountable noun
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
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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pottery in British English
(ˈpɒtərɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -teries
▶ Related adjective: fictile1.
articles, vessels, etc, made from earthenware and dried and baked in a kiln
2.
a place where such articles are made
3.
the craft or business of making such articles
Word origin
C15: from Old French poterie, from potier potter, from pot pot1pottery in American English
(ˈpɑtəri)
nounWord forms: plural ˈpotteries
1.
a place where earthenware is made; potter's workshop or factory
2.
the art or occupation of a potter; ceramics
3.
pots, bowls, dishes, etc. made of clay hardened by heat; earthenware
Word origin
LME poterye < MFr poterie < potier, potter < pot, pot1Image ofpottery
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British English: pottery /ˈpɒtərɪ/ NOUN
Pottery is objects made from clay.
...a fine range of pottery.
- American English: pottery
- Arabic: فُخَّار
- Brazilian Portuguese: cerâmica
- Chinese: 陶器
- Croatian: grnčarstvo
- Czech: keramika
- Danish: pottemagervarer
- Dutch: aardewerk
- European Spanish: cerámica
- Finnish: keramiikka
- French: poterie
- German: Töpferwaren
- Greek: κεραμική
- Italian: ceramiche
- Japanese: 陶器
- Korean: 도기
- Norwegian: keramikk
- Polish: wyroby garncarskie
- European Portuguese: cerâmica
- Romanian: ceramică
- Russian: керамические изделия
- Latin American Spanish: cerámica
- Swedish: krukmakeri
- Thai: เครื่องปั้นดินเผา
- Turkish: çanak çömlek
- Ukrainian: гончарні вироби
- Vietnamese: đồ gốm
Chinese translation of 'pottery'
pottery
(ˈpɔtərɪ)
n
- (u) (= pots, dishes)
陶器
(táoqì) - (u) (= work, hobby)
陶艺(藝)
(táoyì) - (c) (= factory, workshop)
制(製)陶厂(廠)
(zhìtáochǎng) (家, jiā)a piece of pottery一件陶器
(yī jiàn táoqì)
(noun)
Definition
articles made from baked clay
a 17th century piece of pottery
Synonyms
ceramics
terracotta
crockery
earthenware
colourful Italian china and earthenware
stoneware
related words
related adjective fictile
Additional synonyms
in the sense of earthenware
Definition
dishes and other objects made of baked clay
colourful Italian china and earthenware
Synonyms
crockery,
pots,
ceramics,
pottery,
terracotta,
crocks,
faience,
maiolica
Synonyms of 'pottery'
pottery
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