Potteries
[ pot-uh-reez ]
/ ˈpɒt ə riz /
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noun
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
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Also called Five Towns .
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Words nearby Potteries
Pott, pottage, potted, potter, Potteresque, Potteries, potter's clay, Potter's facies, potter's field, Potter's syndrome, potter's wheel
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Potteries
/ (ˈpɒtərɪz) /
pl n
the Potteries (sometimes functioning as singular) a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
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