potteryware

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pottery +‎ ware, attested from 1785.

Noun[edit]

potteryware (countable and uncountable, plural potterywares)

  1. pottery
    • 2007, Ian Wilson, The Bible is history[1]:
      Although clay analysis shows that they made most of their potterywares on-site in Canaan, rather than importing them from elsewhere, the vessels' shapes and geometric and bird-motif decorations display characteristic Aegean styling.

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