Clay is the essential ingredient in making pottery.
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Pottery
//ˈpɑtəɹi//
Synonyms for "pottery" (76 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
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135 translations across 43 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κέραμος noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- κεραμεῖον noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- κεραμική noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Arabic
4 entries- خَزَف noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- صِنَاعَة الفَخَّار noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- فخار noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- فَخَّار noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Armenian
2 entries- բրուտագործական արտադրանք noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- կավեղեն noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dulusluq noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- dulusxana noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- dulusçuluq noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- dulusçuluq məmulatı noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Belarusian
1 entries- ганча́рства noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Bulgarian
3 entries- грънци noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- грънчарство noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- керамика noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Catalan
1 entries- terrissa noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 瓦器 noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- 製陶作坊 /制陶作坊 noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- 陶器 noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- 陶器製造 /陶器制造 noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Czech
1 entries- hrnčířství noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Dutch
4 entries- aardewerk noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- keramiek noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- keramiek noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- pottenbakkerij noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Esperanto
1 entries- terpotero noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Finnish
4 entries- keramiikka noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- keramiikka noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- keramiikkapaja noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- savipaja noun (workshop where pottery is made)
French
2 entries- poterie noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- poterie noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Galician
2 entries- cerámica noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- olaría noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Georgian
1 entries- მეთუნეობა noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
German
4 entries- Tongerät noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- Töpferei noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- Töpferei noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- Töpfergeschirr noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Greek
4 entries- αγγειοπλαστείο noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- αγγειοπλαστική noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- κεραμικά noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- κεραμική noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Gujarati
2 entries- કુંભારકામ noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- માટીકામ noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Hebrew
2 entries- כלי חרס noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- קדרות noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Hungarian
4 entries- agyagedény noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- agyagáru noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- cserép noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- fazekasság noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Irish
4 entries- criadóireacht noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- criadóireacht noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- earraí potaireachta noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- potaireacht noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Italian
4 entries- arte della ceramica noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- ceramica noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- ceramica noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- stoviglia noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Japanese
3 entries- 窯元 noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- 陶器 noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- 陶芸 noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Korean
1 entries- 도자기 noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Latin
4 entries- figlīna noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- figlīnum noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- figulāria noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- figulīna noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Macedonian
3 entries- грнчарија noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- грнчарница noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- грнчарство noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Māori
4 entries- mahi uku noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- matapaia noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- taonga uku noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- toa tārai uku noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Navajo
2 entries- hashtłʼish łeetsʼaaʼ noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- łeetsʼaaʼ noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Norman
1 entries- pot'tie noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Polish
2 entries- ceramika noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- garncarstwo noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Portuguese
3 entries- cerâmica noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- cerâmica noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- olaria noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Romanian
4 entries- olărie noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- olărie noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- olărie noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- olărit noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Russian
4 entries- гонча́рная мастерска́я noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- гонча́рное де́ло noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- гонча́рные изде́лия noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- гонча́рня noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- criadhadaireachd noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- criadhadaireachd noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- ionad-crèadhaidh noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grnčarstvo noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- grnčàrija noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- грнча̀рија noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- грнчарство noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Spanish
4 entries- alfarería noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- alfarería noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- cerámica noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- loza noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Swahili
1 entries- ufinyanzi noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Swedish
3 entries- keramik noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- keramikverkstad noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- keramisk verkstad noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Thai
1 entries- เครื่องปั้นดินเผา noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Turkish
3 entries- çömlek noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- çömlekçilik noun (workshop where pottery is made)
- çömlekçilik noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гонча́рство noun (practise or craft of making pottery)
- гончарня noun (workshop where pottery is made)
Vietnamese
2 entries- gốm noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
- đồ gốm noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Welsh
1 entries- crochenwaith noun (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The pottery was baked by fire.
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Saturday is the pottery class I've been attending since last year.
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This pottery is made by a local artist.
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