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POTTER'S CLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does potter's clay mean? 

POTTER'S CLAY (noun)
  The noun POTTER'S CLAY has 1 sense:

1. clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modelingplay

  Familiarity information: POTTER'S CLAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POTTER'S CLAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

potter's clay; potter's earth

Hypernyms ("potter's clay" is a kind of...):

clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potter's clay"):

slip (potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics)


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