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potter's wheel

potter's wheel noun: a turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.

potter's wheel: a turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay
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Noun

potter's wheel (plural potter's wheels)

  1. A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.

potter's wheel meaning in Arabic and Persian

potter's wheel in Arabic

machine used by a potter
عَجَلَة فَخَّار ʕajalat faḵḵār

potter's wheel in Persian

machine used by a potter
چرخ سفالگری čarx-e sofâlgari, چرخ کوزهگری čarx-e kuze-gari

Forms of potter's wheel

pluralpotter's wheels

Questions about potter's wheel

What does potter's wheel mean?
Potter's wheel means a turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.
What is potter's wheel in Arabic?
Potter's wheel in Arabic is عَجَلَة فَخَّار (ʕajalat faḵḵār). See Potter's wheel meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is potter's wheel?
Potter's wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of potter's wheel?
The plural of potter's wheel is potter's wheels.

Words near potter's wheel in the dictionary

  1. potter's field
  2. potter's fields
  3. Potter's Green
  4. potter's ore
  5. potter's rot
  6. potter's wheel
  7. potter's wheels
  8. Potter-Bucky diaphragm
  9. Potter-Bucky diaphragms
  10. Potter-esque
  11. Potterdom

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