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Potteries

[pot-uh-reez]
noun
  1. 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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Compare Stoke-on-Trent.
Also called Five Towns.

pottery

[pot-uh-ree]
noun, plural pot·ter·ies.
  1. ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
  2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics.
  3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.
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Origin of pottery

First recorded in 1475–85; potter1 + -y3
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Related Words

crockeryporcelainearthenwareceramicsfiringstoneware

Examples from the Web for potteries

Historical Examples

  • 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.

  • The ware probably was made in other potteries of the region also.

  • We tooted our horn and honked up its western side to the Potteries.

British Dictionary definitions for potteries

Potteries

pl n
  1. 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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pottery

noun plural -teries
  1. articles, vessels, etc, made from earthenware and dried and baked in a kiln
  2. a place where such articles are made
  3. the craft or business of making such articles
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Related formsRelated adjective: fictile

Word Origin

C15: from Old French poterie, from potier potter, from pot pot 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for potteries

pottery

n.

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."

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