Wedgwood

[ wej-wood ]

noun
  1. Josiah, 1730–95, English potter.

  2. Trademark. a brand of ceramic ware made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

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British Dictionary definitions for Wedgwood (1 of 2)

Wedgwood1

/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /


noun
  1. trademark

    • pottery produced, esp during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the Wedgwood factories

    • such pottery having applied classical decoration in white on a blue or other coloured ground

adjective
  1. relating to or characteristic of such pottery: Wedgwood blue

British Dictionary definitions for Wedgwood (2 of 2)

Wedgwood2

/ (ˈwɛdʒwʊd) /


noun
  1. Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

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