potter¹ Definition
pot·ter (pät′ər)
noun
a person who makes earthenware pots, dishes, etc.
Etymology: ME < Late OE pottere < ML pottarius
potter² Definition
pot·ter (pät′ər)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
Brit. putter
Etymology: freq. formation < obs. pote < OE potian, to push
Potter Definition
Pot·ter (pät′ər)
Potter, Beatrix (bē′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
Browse dictionary entries near potter
- ‹ potted
- ‹ pottage
- ‹ Pott's disease
- ‹ Pott, Frances
- ‹ potsy
- ‹ potstone
- ‹ potshot
- ‹ potsherd
- ‹ Potsdam
- ‹ POTS
- Potter, Henry Codman ›
- potter's field ›
- potter's wheel ›
- Potter, Stephen ›
- potter wasp ›
- pottery ›
- pottle ›
- potto ›
- potty ›
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