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Crockery vs Pottery - What's the difference?

crockery | pottery |

As nouns the difference between crockery and pottery

is that crockery is plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material while pottery is fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

As an adjective pottery is

having to do with pottery.

crockery

English

Noun

  • Plates, dishes and other eating and serving tableware, usually made of some ceramic material.
  • Crocks, earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    References

    * Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[http://www.studiopotter.org/articles/?art=art0001] (etymology) * Oxford English Dictionary.

    pottery

    English

    ("pottery" on Wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed
    • The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
  • (countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made
    • I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.
  • The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay
    • was skilled at pottery .

    Related terms

    * potter * potter's clay * potter's field * potter's wheel

    Synonyms

    * ceramic * ceramics * earthenware

    Hyponyms

    * porcelain, china

    See also

    * stoneware * terracotta

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with pottery.
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