Thesaurus results for POTTERY

pottery

noun

ˈpä-tə-rē

Definition of pottery

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 The two also had to figure out how to understand each other outside of the pottery wheel. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 The classes offered include lots of pottery painting, mosaics and canvas designs, as well as painting. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026 Everyday objects such as pottery vessels, loom weights, and jewelry add further detail to the picture of life in the fortress. — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 People can decorate tiles as part of a community, collaborative project, try out a pottery wheel for free and shop pottery from local artists. — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pottery

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ceramics

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The studios and workshops are arranged such that artists are encouraged to move among them—a painter to the ceramics studio, a ceramics artist to photography.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Along with her other creative endeavors, Reidy Watts, also known as Nika Killa Watts, was a resident artist at Clayroom SF, a ceramics studio with locations in San Francisco, Oakland and San Mateo.

— CBS News, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of ceramics

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