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pottery [ˈpɒtərɪ] n pl -teries 1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) articles, vessels, etc., made from earthenware and dried and baked in a kiln 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a place where such articles are made 3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) the craft or business of making such articles Related adjective fictile [from Old French poterie, from potier potter, from pot pot1] Pottery See also skill and craft. 1. the art and technology of making objects of clay and other materials treated by firing. 2. articles of earthenware, porcelain, etc. — ceramist, keramist, ceramicist, keramicist, n. an historical or descriptive work on pottery.
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pottery noun ceramics, terracotta, crockery, earthenware, stoneware a 17th century piece of pottery Related words adjective fictile Translations pottery [ˈpɒtərɪ] N pottery n (= workshop, craft) → Töpferei f; (= pots) → Töpferwaren pl, → Tonwaren pl; (glazed) → Keramik f; (= archaeological remains) → Tonscherben pl pottery [ˈpɒtərɪ] 1. n (workshop) → fabbrica or laboratorio di ceramiche; (craft) → ceramica; (pots) → ceramiche fpl a piece of pottery → una ceramica 2. adj (dish, jug) → di ceramica pottery [ˈpɒtərɪ] 1. n (workshop) → fabbrica or laboratorio di ceramiche; (craft) → ceramica; (pots) → ceramiche fpl a piece of pottery → una ceramica 2. adj (dish, jug) → di ceramica How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Perhaps these Odes may best be compared with the little craftless figures in an early age of pottery, when the fragrance of the soil yet lingered about the rough clay. Playmore, I now reminded him that the eruption which had overwhelmed the town had preserved, for more than sixteen hundred years, such perishable things as the straw in which pottery had been packed; the paintings on house walls; the dresses worn by the inhabitants; and (most noticeable of all, in our case) a piece of ancient paper, still attached to the volcanic ashes which had fallen over it. If we find carved stones, the remains of ancient pottery and weapons, parts of buildings or building stones, we shall know we are on the right track," was the answer. |
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