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potter's wheel
noun
: a usually horizontal disk revolving on a vertical spindle and carrying the clay being shaped by a potter
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Bridget Cavanagh was also the daughter who threw a perfect bowl on her first try at the potter's wheel, who could match every sock in a basket of clean laundry, who loved beads and crystals, and who read the Bible in Braille.
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Jennifer Dixon, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2022
Then everyone works at his or her own potter's wheel, while the instructor moves around the room for individual, hands-on instruction.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2022
Try the potter's wheel, make a clay boat, carve your name into a giant pot, or watch professional potters at work.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022
Each of the individual parts of her sculptures is formed on the potter's wheel of stoneware clay and then is altered and assembled.
—Courant Community, 26 June 2018
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Jennifer Dixon, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2022
Then everyone works at his or her own potter's wheel, while the instructor moves around the room for individual, hands-on instruction.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2022
Try the potter's wheel, make a clay boat, carve your name into a giant pot, or watch professional potters at work.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022
Each of the individual parts of her sculptures is formed on the potter's wheel of stoneware clay and then is altered and assembled.
—Courant Community, 26 June 2018
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“Potter's wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter%27s%20wheel. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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