Meanings
nounpotteryware (countable and uncountable, plural potterywares)
plural potterywares
- countableuncountablepottery
Although clay analysis shows that they made most of their potterywares on-site in Canaan, rather than importing them from elsewhere, the vessels' shapes and geometric and bird-motif decorations display characteristic Aegean styling.
2007, Ian Wilson, The Bible is history
Origin
From pottery + ware, attested from 1785.
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APA
potteryware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potteryware
MLA
“potteryware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potteryware. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potteryware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potteryware.
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