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potter's wheel
noun
: a machine with a flat disk on which a potter shapes wet clay into pots as it spins
Full Definition of POTTER'S WHEEL
: a usually horizontal disk revolving on a vertical spindle and carrying the clay being shaped by a potter
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First Known Use of POTTER'S WHEEL
1567
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