pottery

Everyday

1. Pottery is pots, bowls, plates and other objects made from clay and baked hard. tree →
2. Pottery is the craft of making such objects. tree →
3. A pottery is a place where these objects are made. tree →

In the lessons

In art and craft lessons children shape clay, then it is fired in a kiln (a very hot oven). In history, pieces of old pottery found by archaeologists tell us how people lived long ago. Phrases: a pottery class, a piece of pottery, a pottery wheel, broken pottery.

Examples

• We made pottery bowls in art class. tree →
• The clay is baked in a kiln to make pottery. tree →
• Archaeologists found pieces of ancient pottery. tree →
• My aunt sells her pottery at the market. tree →
• I'd like to try a pottery wheel. tree →
• Be careful — pottery breaks if you drop it. tree →
• When the merchant mentioned the devil's name, the fiend immediately appeared at the threshold, began seizing the gold and silver wares, and flinging in their place bits of pottery. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the objects: «some pottery», «a piece of pottery», not «a pottery» (unless you mean the workshop). A person who makes pottery is a «potter». Wet clay is soft; after firing it is hard but brittle.

In Jewish tradition

In art and craft lessons children shape clay, then it is fired in a kiln (a very hot oven). In history, pieces of old pottery found by archaeologists tell us how people lived long ago. Phrases: a pottery class, a piece of pottery, a pottery wheel, broken pottery.

Examples

• have been found on the Egyptian pottery form a sig- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• Similar to these cliaracters are the linear letters, which iiave been found on the Egyptian pottery. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Uncountable for the objects: «some pottery», «a piece of pottery», not «a pottery» (unless you mean the workshop). A person who makes pottery is a «potter». Wet clay is soft; after firing it is hard but brittle.