Thesaurus results for POTTERY

pottery

noun

ˈpä-tə-rē

Definition of pottery next

as in ceramics

articles made of baked clay we picked up some ceramic vases in a pottery store

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Recent Examples of pottery Göbekli Tepe, Turkey Dating back approximately 9,500 BCE, Göbekli Tepe predates agriculture, metallurgy, and pottery. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026 Then in Glendale, there’s Junior High, a nonprofit art gallery and inclusive gathering space that hosts a variety of events, including music shows, artist showcases, comedy nights, pottery workshops and more. —

Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026 Place thin plastic pots on the top rack and heavier pottery and terracotta ones in the lower rack. —

Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026 Ceramic clays tend to be earthen clays, primarily used when constructing dishware or decorative pottery. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pottery

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ceramics

Noun

Gehry pursued architecture after a ceramics teacher saw his talent for three-dimensional art.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Two years later, she was employed in a ceramics factory in Germany, and then moved to Denmark, in 1963, to work in the stoneware department of the Royal Porcelain Factory, now known as Royal Copenhagen—among the most prestigious places in the world to hone the craft.

— Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025