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potteryware en · NOUN

Etymology

From pottery + ware, attested from 1785.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) pottery
    • 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. 2007, Ian Wilson, The Bible is history:

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