pottery.
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
Meaning & usage
Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
A potter's shop or workshop, 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.
Where this word comes from
From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.
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