potter's wheel

American  

noun

1. a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.

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potter's wheel British  

noun

1. a device with a horizontal rotating disc, on which clay is shaped into pots, bowls, etc, by hand

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Etymology

Origin of potter's wheel

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

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potter's wheel

Also on show are the micro-pots of Bx Woo, who travels the world with her miniature potter's wheel extolling the joys of mini-ceramics.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024

“Many people fall in love with clay when they take their first class,” Chernoff says as she sits at the potter’s wheel in her Pasadena studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

Outside, she passes a large electric kiln, a potter’s wheel and a shelf of grimacing and grinning figures that have come to define her ceramics work.

From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

Subtle rings from a potter’s wheel made when a piece is thrown, traces from fingertips pinching and sealing the clay together, brush strokes of glaze applied.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

Under the deep eaves at the back, Min kept his potter’s wheel.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park