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potter's wheel
noun
a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
potter's wheel
noun
a device with a horizontal rotating disc, on which clay is shaped into pots, bowls, etc, by hand
Word History and Origins
Origin of potter's wheel1
Example Sentences
Often he would wake up to the rhythmic sound of his father at work at his potter's wheel.
Next to the stacks of popcorn, across from her potter’s wheel, a child’s kite rests next to a pop-up tent.
It’s a scene that perfectly captures the diversity of her roles, further emphasized by a small table opposite her potter’s wheel where her sons Kiran, 7, and Arjun, 11, often work alongside her.
Also on show are the micro-pots of Bx Woo, who travels the world with her miniature potter's wheel extolling the joys of mini-ceramics.
“I got very intrigued, as much by the magic of turning this inert lump of earth into something that embodied intelligence as by the meditation bubble that forms around someone who’s working intently on the potter’s wheel,” he said.
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