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POTTER'S EARTH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does potter's earth mean?

• POTTER'S EARTH (noun)
The noun POTTER'S EARTH has 1 sense:

1. clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling

Familiarity information: POTTER'S EARTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POTTER'S EARTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

potter's clay; potter's earth

Hypernyms ("potter's earth" is a kind of...):

clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potter's earth"):

slip (potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics)

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