pottery en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈpɔ̟t.ə.ɹi] (New-Zealand)
- [ˈpɑɾəɹi] (Atlantic-Canada, US)
- /ˈpɔtəɹi/ (Australia)
- /ˈpɑtəɹi/ (Atlantic-Canada, US)
- /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (UK)
- /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (Canada)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
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(countable, usually) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
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(uncountable, usually) The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| potteries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hyponyms
Relateds
potter · potter's field · terracotta · stoneware · potter's wheel · Torquay pottery · Pottery Estate · potter's clay
Synonyms
earthenware · ceramics · ceramic
Translations (161)
ga potaireacht (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶藝 /陶艺 (practise or craft of making pottery) · it stoviglia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ary فخار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es alfarería (practise or craft of making pottery) · eo terpotero (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات (workshop where pottery is made) · pl garncarstwo (practise or craft of making pottery) · hy կավեղեն (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · it arte della ceramica (practise or craft of making pottery) · gu માટીકામ (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl potterij (practise or craft of making pottery) · pl ceramika (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb leirvare (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도기 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es cerámica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd criadhadaireachd (practise or craft of making pottery) · cmn 製陶作坊 /制陶作坊 (workshop where pottery is made) · ru гонча́рня (workshop where pottery is made) · bg кера́мика (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · el αγγειοπλαστική (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakerarbeid (practise or craft of making pottery) · it vasellame (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ajp فُخَّار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sh grnčàrija (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figulāria (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рные изде́лия (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu agyagedény (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd ionad-crèadhaidh (workshop where pottery is made) · nb keramikkframstilling (practise or craft of making pottery) · he קַדָּרוּת (practise or craft of making pottery) · it terraglia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu agyagáru (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · mk грнчарство (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga saotharlann photaireachta (workshop where pottery is made) · nb keramikkunst (practise or craft of making pottery) · tr çömlekçilik (practise or craft of making pottery) · el κεραμικά (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · uk гонча́рня (workshop where pottery is made) · nrf pot'tie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figlīna (workshop where pottery is made) · sv keramikverkstad (workshop where pottery is made) · hy բրուտագործական արտադրանք (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gu કુંભારકામ (practise or craft of making pottery) · uk гонча́рство (practise or craft of making pottery) · bg гръ́нци (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru кера́мика (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es loza (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl vaatwerk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb keramikk (practise or craft of making pottery) · mi mahi uku (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikkarbeid (practise or craft of making pottery) · sh грнча̀рија (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi keramiikka (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi keramiikka (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga earraí potaireachta (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar فَخَّار (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl keramiek (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · la figlīnum (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶器製造 /陶器制造 (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakeri (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakerkunst (practise or craft of making pottery) · grc κεραμεῖον (workshop where pottery is made) · cmn 陶器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fi savitavara (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ro olărie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu fazekasság (practise or craft of making pottery) · mi taonga uku (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 瓦器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fr poterie (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · de Töpferei (practise or craft of making pottery) · pt olaria (workshop where pottery is made) · ro olărie (workshop where pottery is made) · ru керами́ческий заво́д (workshop where pottery is made) · tr çömlek (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · gd criadhadaireachd (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nl pottenbakkerij (practise or craft of making pottery) · fi savipaja (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakeri (practise or craft of making pottery) · ja 窯元 (workshop where pottery is made) · nb potteri (practise or craft of making pottery) · gl olaría (workshop where pottery is made) · mi toa tārai uku (workshop where pottery is made) · az dulusluq (practise or craft of making pottery) · el αγγειοπλαστείο (workshop where pottery is made) · fi keramiikkapaja (workshop where pottery is made) · ja 陶芸 (practise or craft of making pottery) · az dulusxana (workshop where pottery is made) · hu cserép (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sh грнчарство (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb pottemakerarbeid (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · he כלי חרס (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · el κεραμική (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Töpferei (workshop where pottery is made) · sw ufinyanzi (practise or craft of making pottery) · it ceramica (practise or craft of making pottery) · az dulusçuluq (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Töpferware (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَحَلّ الْفَخَّار (workshop where pottery is made) · vi đồ gốm (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · bg грънча́рство (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl keramiek (practise or craft of making pottery) · nb keramikkfremstilling (practise or craft of making pottery) · pt cerâmica (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga criadóireacht (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · it ceramica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ka მეთუნეობა (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb potteri (workshop where pottery is made) · nl aardewerk (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рная мастерска́я (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakervare (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · az saxsı (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · de Töpfergeschirr (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb keramikkverksted (workshop where pottery is made) · cmn 陶厰 (workshop where pottery is made) · sv keramisk verkstad (workshop where pottery is made) · ar مَتْجَر الْفَخَّار (workshop where pottery is made) · nl potterij (workshop where pottery is made) · nb pottemakerverksted (workshop where pottery is made) · ro olărie (practise or craft of making pottery) · vi gốm (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nv łeetsʼaaʼ (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · pt cerâmica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ru гонча́рное де́ло (practise or craft of making pottery) · gl cerámica (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · az dulusçuluq məmulatı (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도자기 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · es alfarería (workshop where pottery is made) · sh grnčarstvo (practise or craft of making pottery) · mk грнчарија (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · sv keramik (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hu kerámia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · nb potteri (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · hi मृत्तिकाशिल्प (practise or craft of making pottery) · mk грнчарница (workshop where pottery is made) · grc κεραμική (practise or craft of making pottery) · de Tongerät (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cmn 陶場 /陶场 (workshop where pottery is made) · ga potaireacht (practise or craft of making pottery) · cs hrnčířství (practise or craft of making pottery) · ga criadóireacht (practise or craft of making pottery) · nl pottenbakkerij (workshop where pottery is made) · tr çömlekçilik (workshop where pottery is made) · be ганча́рства (practise or craft of making pottery) · th เครื่องปั้นดินเผา (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ko 도예 (practise or craft of making pottery) · ca terrissa (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar خَزَف (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · grc κέραμος (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ro olărit (practise or craft of making pottery) · la figulīna (workshop where pottery is made) · nb leirtøy (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · cy crochenwaith (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · fr poterie (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات (workshop where pottery is made) · nv hashtłʼish łeetsʼaaʼ (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ja 陶器 (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · mi matapaia (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) · ar صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار (practise or craft of making pottery) · gmy 𐀐𐀨𐀕𐀊 (practise or craft of making pottery)