potter

Examples

• All

• Good pots are made from good clay and a good potter makes his own.

  Crying Freeman (1995)

• The molds used by the potters to form the rounded bottoms are simply old.

  Academic text (1994)

• The master potter is in the ancient line of master potters of my people.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Always it has been as if the old Anasazi potters were without faces, without names.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Having revealed his plan, the potter's heart hammered so loudly he thought all would hear it.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The foregoing discussion reflects the attitudes, concerns, and practices of contemporary Mande potters in southwestern Mali.

  Academic text (1994)

• The potter crafted beautiful bowls and vases from the freshly dug clay.

• Every week, the potter visits the market to sell his handmade pottery.

• After years of practice, she finally became a skilled potter known for her unique designs.

Synonyms

C

ceramist

vspotter

1 6.9

A person who makes pots and other things from clay and hardens them by heating

is the craftsperson focused mainly on making pots

T

thrower

vspotter

1 8.2

A person who shapes clay on a spinning wheel to make pottery

is the general maker of pottery not limited to wheel techniques

C

ceramicist

vspotter

1 8.2

A person who makes objects from clay by shaping them and baking them in a hot oven

is the same craft but used more in art or industry

P

potmaker

vspotter

1 5.1

A person who shapes clay into pots and hardens them with heat

is the traditional craftsperson who makes both pots and other pottery

Compounds

P

potter bee

9.5

A bee that lives alone and builds mud nests on plants

P

potter wasp

8.9

A wasp that lives alone and builds vase-shaped mud nests for its eggs

How Skilled

potter

219 3.9

to apprentice

8 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology