Potteries

[pot-uh-reez]

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.

Compare Stoke-on-Trent.

Also called Five Towns.

pottery

[pot-uh-ree]

noun, plural pot·ter·ies.

ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
the art or business of a potter; ceramics.
a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.

Origin of pottery

First recorded in 1475–85; potter¹ + -y³

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Related Words for potteries

crockery, porcelain, earthenware, ceramics, firing, stoneware

Examples from the Web for potteries

Historical Examples of potteries

It just borders on the Potteries, and the population is heavy.
Is He Popenjoy?
Anthony Trollope
But would the atmosphere of the Potteries be damp enough to quench that flame?
Personality in Literature
Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
Their potteries are not like ours, huge factories, but household things.
An Ohio Woman in the Philippines
Emily Bronson Conger
The ware probably was made in other potteries of the region also.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
C. Malcolm Watkins
We tooted our horn and honked up its western side to the Potteries.
From Gretna Green to Land's End
Katharine Lee Bates

British Dictionary definitions for potteries

Potteries

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

pottery

noun plural -teries

articles, vessels, etc, made from earthenware and dried and baked in a kiln
a place where such articles are made
the craft or business of making such articles

Related formsRelated adjective: fictile

Word Origin for pottery

C15: from Old French poterie, from potier potter, from pot pot 1

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Word Origin and History for potteries

pottery

late 15c., "a potter's workshop," from Old French poterie (13c.), from potier (see potter (n.)). Attested from 1727 as "the potter's art;" from 1785 as "potteryware."