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POTTER'S WHEEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potter's wheel mean?
• POTTER'S WHEEL (noun)
The noun POTTER'S WHEEL has 1 sense:
1. a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter
Familiarity information: POTTER'S WHEEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC
Hypernyms ("potter's wheel" is a kind of...):
wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))
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"The word goes out but the message is lost." (Corsican proverb)