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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
potter's wheel
–noun
| a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter. |
[Origin: 1720–30
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| potter's wheel
n. A revolving, often treadle-operated horizontal disk on which clay is shaped manually. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| potter's wheel | |
noun | |
| a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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