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   pottery

   /ˈpɒt(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. pots, dishes, and other articles made of fired clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware: "an extensive collection of nineteenth-century pottery"
   • ▪ the craft or profession of making pottery: "courses include drawing, painting, and pottery"
   • 2. a factory or workshop where pottery is made: "a visit to a Staffordshire pottery"
   • ▪ the area around Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, where the English pottery industry is based.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French poterie, from potier ‘a potter’.

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