Potteries

[ pot-uh-reez ]

noun
  1. 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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British Dictionary definitions for Potteries

Potteries

/ (ˈpɒtərɪz) /


pl n
  1. 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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