pottery

noun

pot·​tery ˈpä-tə-rē How to pronounce pottery (audio)
plural potteries
1
: a place where clayware is made and fired
2
a
: the art or craft of the potter
b
: the manufacture of clayware
3
: clayware
especially : earthenware as distinguished from porcelain and stoneware and from brick and tile

Examples of pottery in a Sentence

He has collected pottery for years. She was a painter for years before she discovered pottery.
Recent Examples on the Web The Outer Market is a mixture of wholesale and retail shops selling everything from carrots to cakes, pottery to kitchen knives. John Clifford, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2024 While the baskets discovered in the Grand Canyon don’t have any visible signs of the zigzag patterns that this culture weaved in other parts of the Southwest, some pottery has been discovered that does carry these patterns. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024 Several artifacts — including pottery fragments, a stone carved in the shape of a deity and ancient Roman coins — were found in the spring. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024 For 11 years now, military veterans and their families have been coming for a series of pottery classes that Mr. Kline offers free of charge. David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2024 Their to-do list also includes dance classes and pottery classes. Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024 The porcelain tableware and water vessel, as well as a vase set on a nearby plinth, were made by the ceramist Elsa Brunet, whose pottery classes in Saint-Germain Lee Vasquez has taken for the past two years. Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating to date one mass grave to between the late 1400s and early 1600s, and found shards of pottery and coins dating from the later end of that range at the site. Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024 Similar pottery has been found at sites in Orkney, where this pottery style is thought to have originated. Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pottery was in the 15th century

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“Pottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pottery. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

pottery

noun
pot·​tery ˈpät-ə-rē How to pronounce pottery (audio)
plural potteries
1
: a place where clay articles (as pots and vases) are made
2
: the art of the potter : ceramics
3
: articles made from clay that is shaped while moist and hardened by heat

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