POTTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pottery mean? 

• POTTERY (noun)
  The noun POTTERY has 3 senses:

1. ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln

2. the craft of making earthenware

3. a workshop where clayware is made

  Familiarity information: POTTERY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clayware; pottery

Hypernyms ("pottery" is a kind of...):

ceramic ware (utensils made from ceramic material)

Meronyms (substance of "pottery"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pottery"):

agateware (pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate)

lusterware (pottery with a metallic sheen produced by adding metallic oxides to the glaze)

Wedgwood (a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The craft of making earthenware

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pottery" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A workshop where clayware is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pottery" is a kind of...):

shop; workshop (small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done)

 Context examples 

You could be exposed to lead by: • Eating food or drinking water that contains lead • Working in a job where lead is used • Using lead in a hobby, such as making stained glass or lead-glazed pottery • Using folk remedies such as herbs or foods that contain lead

(Lead Poisoning, Agency for Toxic Substances Disease Registry)

When she moved about there was an incessant clicking as innumerable pottery bracelets jingled up and down upon her arms.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)