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CERAMICIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ceramicist mean?
• CERAMICIST (noun)
The noun CERAMICIST has 1 sense:
1. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
Familiarity information: CERAMICIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ceramicist; ceramist; potter; thrower
Hypernyms ("ceramicist" is a kind of...):
artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)
Instance hyponyms:
Josiah Spode; Spode (English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827))
Josiah Wedgwood; Wedgwood (English potter (1730-1795))
Derivation:
ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)
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