Synonyms for pottery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pot-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt ə ri |
Définition of pottery
Origin :- late 15c., "a potter's workshop," from Old French poterie (13c.), from potier (see potter (n.)). Attested from 1727 as "the potter's art;" from 1785 as "potteryware."
- noun containers made from clay; clay art
- We do not know which genius first discovered the use of pottery but he deserves a statue.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- There is a pottery shop with two ovens for baking the vases.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- The Greeks were also painters, makers of pottery, and workers in gold and silver.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- He was passing by in his carriage this great khawaja, when we were coming out of the pottery.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- So Fluff read the famous piece of pottery, to the great delight of all.
- Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards
- The Indians had used it for countless generations in their search for pottery clay.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- The evidence is almost entirely that of pottery discovered on the site.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- The pottery when cold may be dressed on a grindstone if necessary.
- Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
- The Picts and Scots have left nothing at all approaching to their pottery work.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
- It is not a question as to the quality or style of pottery; it is salt that is needed.
- Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
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