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pottery

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of POTTERY

articles made of baked clay <we picked up some ceramic vases in a pottery store>

Synonyms earthenware, pottery, stoneware

Related Words ceramics; china, ironstone china, porcelain, redware

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