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potter's wheel

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potter's wheel
n.
A revolving, often treadle-operated horizontal disk on which clay is shaped manually.
potter's wheel
Noun
a flat spinning disc on which clay is shaped by hand
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Noun1.potter's wheelpotter's wheel - a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC"
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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potter's wheel potter n → Töpferscheibe f


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