pottered; pottering; potters
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Verb
pottering around indoors on a rainy day
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This was a frequent chorus from my siblings and me as children, as our grandmother pottered about the kitchen chewing on a stick that looked a bit like sugarcane, fixing a drink brewed with honey and lemon.
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Noun
May 13, 2021 issue Prudence Crowther and James Taibi
Olympic Notes
August 8, 1996 issue
Christopher Benfey
Resistance Pottery
Two recent exhibitions of the work of Black potters find political acts in the placid history of nineteenth-century American stoneware.
—Heather O’Donnell, The New York Review of Books, 24 Apr. 2025
Read more Harry potter Paapa Essiedu Cast as Snape in 'Harry Potter' Series Sparks Backlash
Paapa Essiedu will be playing Severus Snape, the Potions Master and Head of Slytherin House.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
One rainy afternoon, the kindly octogenarian — wrapped in a warm leopard print jumper — stops pottering around and sinks into her favorite chair to call her daughter.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2025
This was a frequent chorus from my siblings and me as children, as our grandmother pottered about the kitchen chewing on a stick that looked a bit like sugarcane, fixing a drink brewed with honey and lemon.
—Ranyechi Udemezue, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Potter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
potter
1 of 2 noun
pot·ter
ˈpät-ər 
: one that makes pottery
Biographical Definition
Potter 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Pot·ter
ˈpä-tər
Beatrix 1866–1943 British writer and illustrator
Potter
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Paul or Paulus 1625–1654 Dutch painter
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