potteryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French poterie [13c.], from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒtəɹi/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑtəɹi/

名詞

pottery (usually uncountable, 複数形 potteries)

1. Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

   The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.

   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.

2. (countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

   I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.

3. The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.

   Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

同意語

• ceramic
• ceramics
• earthenware

下位語

• porcelain, china

関連する語

• potter
• potter's clay
• potter's field
• potter's wheel

参考

• stoneware
• terracotta

Further reading

pottery on Wikipedia.