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 Eventually, Rie and Coper began to make pottery collaboratively. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025 Photo: Interiors by Kat He was inspired by Japanese wabi-sabi — the tradition of elevating the broken or mismatched, like bonding broken pottery with lines of gold. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Apr. 2025 Best for: All ages Take a painting or pottery class. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 2 Apr. 2025 Roman era artifacts include cobblestones — potentially from a 2nd century road — as well as pottery and the footings of a townhouse. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pottery

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“Pottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pottery. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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