Potteries
[ 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 .
- Compare Stoke-on-Trent.
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British Dictionary definitions for Potteries
Potteries
/ (ˈpɒtərɪz) /
pl n
the Potteries (sometimes functioning as singular) a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated
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