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  • 21pottery — [[t]pɒ̱təri[/t]] potteries 1) N UNCOUNT You can use pottery to refer to pots, dishes, and other objects which are made from clay and then baked in an oven until they are hard. 2) N UNCOUNT You can use pottery to refer to the hard clay that some… …

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  • 22pottery */ — UK [ˈpɒtərɪ] / US [ˈpɑtərɪ] noun Word forms pottery : singular pottery plural potteries [uncountable] objects such as plates and cups that are made out of clay and baked in an oven so that they become hard hand painted pottery a) [uncountable]… …

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  • 23Pottery — The famous International Genealogical Index lists this surname as a form of Patrie or Patrice, the French Patrick , and this may be so. Apparently recorded in a wide variety of forms including Patry, Petery, Poutry, Puttey and Pottery, anything… …

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  • 24pottery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ glazed ▪ fine (esp. BrE) … OF POTTERY ▪ fragment (esp. BrE), piece, shard ▪ shards of I …

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  • 25pottery — noun 1 (U) objects made out of baked clay: a fine collection of medieval pottery 2 (U) clay that has been shaped and baked in order to make pots, dishes etc: a pottery dish 3 (U) the activity of making pots, dishes etc out of clay: Pottery and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26pottery — pot|ter|y [ˈpɔtəri US ˈpa: ] n plural potteries 1.) [U] objects made out of baked clay ▪ Native American pottery 2.) [U] clay that has been shaped and baked in order to make pots, dishes etc ▪ a pottery bowl 3.) [U] the activity of making pots,… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27pottery — pot|ter|y [ patəri ] noun * uncount objects such as plates and cups that are made out of clay and baked in an oven so that they become hard: hand painted pottery a. uncount the activity of making pottery: a pottery class b. count a factory where… …

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  • 28Pottery Store Rule — A phrase denoting the responsibility of America (and Britain) to rebuild Iraq following their invasion. Discussing the imminent withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, the BBC’s Mark Urban argued that: protest had a righteous place in trying to… …

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  • 29pottery —    Spain has a very long tradition of ceramic crafts, producing earthenware, decorative tiles and fine porcelain, often with distinctive regional variations.    Potteries were already flourishing in Castile, Aragon, Catalonia, Andalusia and… …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

  • 30pottery — noun /ˈpɒtəɹi,ˈpɑːtɚɹi/ a) Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes. b) A potters (work)shop, where pottery is made I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made. Syn …

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