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potter¹ Definition

pot·ter (pätər)

noun

a person who makes earthenware pots, dishes, etc.

Etymology: ME < Late OE pottere < ML pottarius

potter² Definition

pot·ter (pätər)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

Brit. putter

Etymology: freq. formation < obs. pote < OE potian, to push

Potter Definition

Pot·ter (pätər)

Potter, Beatrix (ə triks′) 1866-1943; Eng. writer & illustrator of children's books

potter Usage Examples

Followed by a transitive particle

around: We finished the dive by pottering around the harbor wall.

Converse of object

  • harry: This site is for everyone who loves harry potter.
  • watch: Years ago I remember on holiday taking my three year old son to watch a potter throwing pots.

Adjective modifier

  • Islamic: It also discusses technical innovations made by Islamic potters: these are not considered chronologically but alongside the relevant procedural sections.
  • skilled: Ware can be produced from liquid clay in plaster molds, this process does not require a skilled potter.
  • Japanese: Today, Japanese artist potters are among the finest anywhere.
  • experienced: An experienced potter will guide children through all the processes.
  • famous: His father, Clement Wedgwood, was the grandson of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous potter from Staffordshire.
  • contemporary: For Hammond all contemporary craft potters, however diverse in method and intention, contributed to the momentum of the discipline.

Modifies a noun

  • wasp: This is a parasitic wasp and it parasitises the potter wasp above.
  • wheel: Most of Trevor's pots are thrown on the potters wheel.

Modifying Another Word

about: Physical fitness To reap the benefits of gardening, you have to do more than just potter about.

Noun used with modifier

  • studio: A modern studio potter produces a vertical handle by rolling out a coil of clay.
  • master: Was Niglett working as a master potter at Temple Backs, or another pottery, or did he have some sort of independent business?

Possessives

  • wheel: For example, the potter's wheel goes out of use locally.
  • clay: The daughters of potter's clay will not rise to the ranks of those whom the gods begat in beds of purple.
  • vessel: Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Preposition: in

garden: He potters in the kitchen garden, wanders through the forest.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: I didn't potter around with that in the script too much.
  • along: Finally on the road, we headed over the Pyrenees and down into Spain - steadily pottering along and seeing the sights.

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