Potteries

[pot-uh-reez]

Pot·ter·ies

[pot-uh-reez]
noun
the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
Also called Five Towns.

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Potteries is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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pot·ter·y

[pot-uh-ree]
noun, plural pot·ter·ies.
1.
ceramic ware, especially earthenware and stoneware.
2.
the art or business of a potter; ceramics.
3.
a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.

Origin:
1475–85; potter1 + -y3
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Potteries (ˈpɒtərɪz)
 
pl n
(sometimes functioning as singular) the Potteries a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated

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