pottery
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From Old French poterie (13c.), from potier 'potter', from the root of pot
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pottery (plural potteries) (uncountable in most senses)
- Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
- The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
- (countable) A potter's (work)shop, where pottery is made
- I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
- The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay
- Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.
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fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
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workshop where pottery is made
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practise or craft of making pottery
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