potter's wheel

NOUN

a power tool for making pottery

Synonyms

WEAK

hand-turned wheel kick wheel pedal wheel power wheel rotator wheel

Example Sentences

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Often he would wake up to the rhythmic sound of his father at work at his potter's wheel.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

He would kick his potter’s wheel with his sandaled right foot and make his bright turquoise glaze from the ishkar plant, which grows in the nearby desert.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

“It’s a laborious process,” he said as he sat down and threw a vase at his potter’s wheel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2023

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