1.
[syn: pottery, clayware]
2. the craft of making earthenware;
3. a workshop where clayware is made;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pottery \Pot"ter*y\, n.; pl. Potteries. [F. poterie, fr. pot.
See Pot.]
1. The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed
and baked.
[1913 Webster]
2. The place where earthen vessels are made.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pottery
n 1: ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln [syn:
pottery, clayware]
2: the craft of making earthenware
3: a workshop where clayware is made
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "pottery":
adobe, armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant,
atomic energy plant, bindery, biscuit, bisque, boatyard, boilery,
bookbindery, bowl, brewery, brick, brickyard, cannery, cement,
ceramic ware, ceramics, china, creamery, crock, crockery, dairy,
defense plant, distillery, dockyard, earthenware, enamelware,
factory, factory belt, factory district, feeder plant, firebrick,
flour mill, glass, industrial park, industrial zone, jug,
main plant, manufactory, manufacturing plant,
manufacturing quarter, mill, mint, munitions plant, oil refinery,
packing house, plant, porcelain, pot, power plant, production line,
push-button plant, refinery, refractory, sawmill, shipyard,
stoneware, subassembly plant, sugar refinery, tannery, tile,
tiling, urn, vase, winery, yard, yards
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Pottery
the art of, was early practised among all nations. Various
materials seem to have been employed by the potter. Earthenware
is mentioned in connection with the history of Melchizedek (Gen.
14:18), of Abraham (18:4-8), of Rebekah (27:14), of Rachel
(29:2, 3, 8, 10). The potter's wheel is mentioned by Jeremiah
(18:3). See also 1 Chr. 4:23; Ps. 2:9; Isa. 45:9; 64:8; Jer.
19:1; Lam. 4:2; Zech. 11:13; Rom. 9:21.