potter's wheel

noun

A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.

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Meanings

nounpotter's wheel (plural potter's wheels)

plural potter's wheels

  1. A turntable type of machine used by a potter to form round pieces of pottery from wet clay.

Translations

Ancient Greek κεραμεικός τροχός
  • κεραμεικός τροχός (kerameikós trokhós)machine used by a potter
Arabic عَجَلَة فَخَّار
  • عَجَلَة فَخَّار (ʕajalat faḵḵār)machine used by a potter
Chinese Mandarin 陶工旋盤 /陶工旋盘, 鈞 /钧
  • 陶工旋盤 /陶工旋盘 (táogōng xuánpán)machine used by a potter
  • 鈞 /钧 (jūn)machine used by a potter
  • 陶鈞 /陶钧 (táojūn)machine used by a potter
  • 陶輪 /陶轮 (táolún)machine used by a potter
  • 拉坯輪 /拉坯轮 (lāpīlún)machine used by a potter
Czech hrnčířský kruh
  • hrnčířský kruhmachine used by a potter
Danish drejeskive, pottemagerhjul
  • drejeskivemachine used by a potter
  • pottemagerhjulmachine used by a potter
Dutch pottenbakkersschijf
  • pottenbakkersschijfmachine used by a potter
Finnish dreija, savenvalajan pyörä
  • dreijamachine used by a potter
  • savenvalajan pyörämachine used by a potter
  • vääntöpyörämachine used by a potter
French tour de potier
  • tour de potiermachine used by a potter
German Töpferscheibe
  • Töpferscheibemachine used by a potter
Hebrew אָבְנָיִם
  • אָבְנָיִם (ovnáyim)machine used by a potter
Hungarian fazekaskorong
  • fazekaskorongmachine used by a potter
Irish roth potaire
  • roth potairemachine used by a potter
Italian ruota del vasaio
  • ruota del vasaiomachine used by a potter
Japanese 轆轤
  • 轆轤 (rokuro)machine used by a potter
Norwegian Bokmål dreieskive
  • dreieskivemachine used by a potter
Persian چرخ سفالگری, چرخ کوزهگری
  • چرخ سفالگری (čarx-e sofâlgari)machine used by a potter
  • چرخ کوزهگری (čarx-e kuze-gari)machine used by a potter
Polish koło garncarskie
  • koło garncarskiemachine used by a potter
Portuguese roda de oleiro
  • roda de oleiromachine used by a potter
Russian гонча́рный круг
  • гонча́рный круг (gončárnyj krug)machine used by a potter
Spanish torno de alfarero
  • torno de alfareromachine used by a potter
Swedish drejning, drejskiva
  • drejningmachine used by a potter
  • drejskivamachine used by a potter
Turkish çömlekçi çarkı
  • çömlekçi çarkımachine used by a potter
Ukrainian гонча́рний круг
  • гонча́рний круг (hončárnyj kruh)machine used by a potter
Welsh troell crochenydd
  • troell crochenyddmachine used by a potter
Cite this entry
APA

potter's wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potter's%20wheel

MLA

“potter's wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potter's%20wheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potter's wheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potter's%20wheel.

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