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pottery

[pot-uh-ree] / ˈpɒt ə ri /
NOUN
containers made from clay; clay art
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Only when we stopped in a pottery shop at the end of the day and heard the radio did we learn the news.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Samar Karam, in charge of archaeological sites in north Lebanon, said a Roman-era olive press was found on private property along with pottery weights and items for textile production.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

But this was the first time in his career that he had been part of a team that excavated an entirely unbroken pottery vessel from a terrestrial site.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Other artefacts found there included pottery, animal bones and oyster shells.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

There was a whole building dedicated to the arts, with special rooms for the choir to sing and bands to play, and other rooms that had been outfitted for photography and pottery.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Stoneware potteries, coal mines, and steel mills mostly died off to be replaced by refineries, hazardous waste incinerators, unconventional gas wells, and petrochemical facilities.

From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023

Sometime after the Emancipation Proclamation, he relocated to Texas, where he worked in potteries formed by other freedmen from Edgefield.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

A range of jubilee teacups, mugs, plates and pillboxes is being produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England, where potteries have been making royal commemorative ware for generations.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2022

For instance, a woman working in the potteries was fashioned from bowls, jugs and plates; while an apothecary had pill tins for feet.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2021

He himself constructed a turnpike road ten miles in length through the potteries, and built a village for his work-people, which he called Etruria, and where he established his works.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by J. Hamilton Fyfe




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