pottery

/ˈpɒtəɹi/US/ˈpɑtəɹi/

pottery noun: fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

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Noun

pottery (usually uncountable, plural potteries)

(usually) Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
- The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
- But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
(countable, usually) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.
- I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
(usually) The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.
- Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

pottery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

pottery in Hindi

practise or craft of making pottery: मृत्तिकाशिल्प mŕttikāśilp

pottery in Tamil

குயவம், குயவயியல், மண்பாண்டத் தொழில், வனைதொழில், மட்பாண்டம், வனையாலை

pottery in Bengali

মৃত্শিল্প, মৃন্ময় পাত্র, কুম্ভলারশালা, মৃন্ময়শিল্প

pottery in Malayalam

കളിമൺപാത്രങ്ങൾ, അവയുടെ നിർമ്മാണം

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pottery in Kannada: ಬಾನು, ಬಾನಂಗಡಿ, ಕುಂಬಾರಿಕೆ, ಕುಂಬಾರಗೆಲಸ
pottery in Punjabi: ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦੇ ਬਰਤਨ, ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ
pottery in Gujarati: માટીકામ māṭīkām, કુંભારકામ kumbhārkām
pottery in Odia: ମୃ୎ପାତ୍ର, ମୃଣ୍ମଯ଼ ପାତ୍ର
pottery in Arabic: فَخَّار faḵḵār, خَزَف ḵazaf, مَتْجَر الْفَخَّارِيَّات matjar al-faḵḵāriyyāt, مَحَلّ الْفَخَّارِيَّات maḥall al-faḵḵāriyyāt
pottery in Thai: เครื่องปั้นดินเผา krʉ̂ʉang-bpân-din-pǎo
pottery in Vietnamese: gốm, đồ gốm

Examples of pottery in a sentence

If you fire the pottery at too high a temperature, it may crack.
Some of the pottery is so smashed that it's not feasible even to do a restorative repair.
When making pottery we need to allow the bisque to dry before we kiln it.

All 40 example sentences with pottery

Synonyms of pottery

Forms of pottery

plural	potteries

Plural of pottery: potteries

Origin of pottery

From Old French poterie, from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot, equivalent to pot + -ery. First attested in the 13th century.

Words formed from pottery

Phrases with pottery

Questions about pottery

What does pottery mean?: Pottery means fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
What is pottery in Hindi?: Pottery in Hindi is मृत्तिकाशिल्प (mŕttikāśilp). See Pottery meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pottery?: Pottery is a noun.
How do you pronounce pottery?: Pottery is pronounced /ˈpɒtəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of pottery?: The plural of pottery is potteries.

Words near pottery in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: pottery (page history and authors); pottery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pottery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pottery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pottery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pottery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pottery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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