English-Thai Dictionary

potter

N ช่างปั้น หม้อ  chang-pan-mor

 

potter

VI ใช้เวลา ทำ ใน สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ เป็น แก่นสาร  fiddle dabble tamper chai-we-la-tam-nai-siang-ti-pen-kean-san

 

potter about / around

PHRV ทำ อะไร เรื่อยเปื่อย ไม่ หนักหนา  putter about tam-ar-rai-ruai-puai-mai-nak-na

 

potter away

PHRV ปล่อย เวลา ให้ เสีย ไป ไร้ประโยชน์  idle away ploi-we-la-hai-sia-pai-rai-pra-yod

 

potter's field

N สุสาน ฝัง คนจรจัด  cemetery su-san-fang-kon-jon-jad

 

potter's wheel

N จาน หมุน ของ ช่าง ทำ เครื่องปั้นดินเผา  jan-mun-kong-chang-tam-krueng-pan

 

pottery

N ศิลปะ การปั้น เครื่องปั้นดินเผา  sin-la-pa-kan-pan-krueng-pan-din-pao

 

pottery

N เครื่องปั้นดินเผา  ภาชนะดินเผา  ceramics porcelain earthenware krueng-pan-din-pao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POTTER

n.[form pot. ] One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

 

POTTERN-ORE

n.A species of ore, which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's ware, the miners call by this name.

 

POTTERY

n.The vessels or ware made by potters; earthen ware, glazed and baked. 1. The place where earthen vessels are manufactured.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POTTER

Pot "ter, n. Etym: [Cf. F. potier. ]

 

1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. Ps. ii. 9. The potter heard, and stopped his wheel. Longfellow.

 

2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng. ] De Quincey.

 

3. One who pots meats or other eatables.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin. Potter's asthma (Med. ), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Matt. xxvii. 7. -- Potter's ore. See Alquifou. -- Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. "My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel. " Shak. Potter wasp (Zoöl.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal ) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvæ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.

 

POTTER

Pot "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.]Etym: [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. påta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put. ]

 

1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother. Pottering about the Mile End cottages. Mrs. Humphry Ward.

 

2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.

 

POTTER

POTTER Pot "ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

POTTERN

POTTERN Pot "tern, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to potters. Pottern ore, a species of ore which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's wares, the miners call by this name. Boyle.

 

POTTERY

Pot "ter *y, n.; pl. Potteries. Etym: [F. poterie, fr. pot. See Pot. ]

 

1. The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.

 

2. The place where earthen vessels are made.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

potter

pot ter 1 |ˈpätər ˈpɑdər | ▶verb British term for putter 3. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: alteration.

 

potter

pot ter 2 |ˈpɑdər ˈpätər | ▶noun a person who makes pottery. ORIGIN late Old English pottere (see pot 1, -er 1 ).

 

Potter, Beatrix

Pot ter, Beatrix |ˈpätər ˈpɑdər | (1866 –1943 ), English writer for children; full name Helen Beatrix Potter. She is known for her series of animal stories, illustrated with her own delicate watercolors, which began with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first published privately in 1900 ).

 

Potter, Dennis

Pot ¦ter |ˈpɒtə | (1935 –94 ), English television dramatist; full name Dennis Christopher George Potter. His work used popular songs to contrast the humdrum or painful realities of everyday life with the imagination's capacity for hope and self-delusion. Notable works: Brimstone and Treacle (play, 1976 ) and the series Pennies from Heaven (1978 ) and The Singing Detective (1986 ).

 

potter's field

pot ter's field ▶noun historical a burial place for paupers and strangers. ORIGIN with biblical allusion to Matt. 27:7.

 

potter's wheel

pot ter's wheel ▶noun a horizontal revolving disk on which wet clay is shaped into pots or other round ceramic objects.

 

potter wasp

pot ter wasp ▶noun a solitary wasp that builds a flask-shaped nest of mud into which it seals an egg and a supply of food for the larva. [Genus Eumenes, family Eumenidae: many species. ]

 

pottery

pot ter y |ˈpätərē ˈpɑdəri | ▶noun ( pl. potteries ) pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware. • the craft or profession of making such ware: courses include drawing, painting, and pottery. • a factory or workshop where such ware is made. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French poterie, from potier ‘a potter. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

potter

potter 1 |ˈpɒtə |(N. Amer. putter ) ▶verb [ no obj. ] occupy oneself in a desultory but pleasant way: I'm quite happy just to potter about by myself here. • [ with adverbial of direction ] move or go in a casual, unhurried way: I might potter into Nice for the day. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an act or period of occupying oneself in a desultory but pleasant way: an afternoon's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich. DERIVATIVES potterer noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘poke repeatedly ’): frequentative of dialect pote ‘to push, kick, or poke ’ of unknown origin.

 

potter

potter 2 |ˈpɒtə | ▶noun a person who makes ceramic ware. ORIGIN late Old English pottere (see pot 1, -er 1 ).

 

Potter, Beatrix

Pot ¦ter |ˈpɒtə | (1866 –1943 ), English writer for children; full name Helen Beatrix Potter. She is known for her series of animal stories, illustrated with her own delicate watercolours, which began with The Tale of Peter Rabbit (first published privately in 1900 ).

 

Potter, Dennis

Pot ¦ter |ˈpɒtə | (1935 –94 ), English television dramatist; full name Dennis Christopher George Potter. His work used popular songs to contrast the humdrum or painful realities of everyday life with the imagination's capacity for hope and self-delusion. Notable works: Brimstone and Treacle (play, 1976 ) and the series Pennies from Heaven (1978 ) and The Singing Detective (1986 ).

 

potter's field

pot ¦ter's field ▶noun historical a burial place for paupers and strangers. ORIGIN the name of an area of land near Jerusalem bought for this purpose with the money given to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (Matt. 27:7 ).

 

potter's wheel

pot ¦ter's wheel ▶noun a horizontal revolving disc on which wet clay is shaped into pots or other round ceramic objects.

 

potter wasp

pot ¦ter wasp ▶noun a solitary wasp which builds a flask-shaped nest of mud into which it seals an egg and a supply of food for the larva. ●Genus Eumenes, family Eumenidae: many species, including E. coarctatus of European heathland.

 

pottery

pot |tery |ˈpɒt (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. potteries ) 1 [ mass noun ] pots, dishes, and other articles made of fired clay. Pottery can be broadly divided into earthenware, porcelain, and stoneware. • the craft or profession of making pottery: courses include drawing, painting, and pottery. 2 a factory or workshop where pottery is made. • ( the Potteries ) the area around Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, where the English pottery industry is based. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French poterie, from potier ‘a potter ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pottery

pottery noun a collection of antique pottery: china, crockery, ceramics, earthenware, stoneware.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

potter

potter verb we pottered down to the library: amble, wander, meander, stroll, saunter, maunder; informal mosey, tootle, toddle; Brit. informal mooch; N. Amer. informal putter. PHRASES potter about /around I spent Monday at home, just pottering about: do nothing much, amuse oneself, tinker about /around, fiddle about /around, footle about /around, do odd jobs; informal mess about /around, piddle about /around, puddle about /around; Brit. informal muck about /around, fanny about /around; N. Amer. informal putter about /around, lollygag.

 

pottery

pottery noun china, crockery, ceramics, ware. WORD LINKS pottery ceramic, fictile relating to pottery Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

potter

pot ter 1 /pɑ́tə r |pɔ́t -/名詞 C 陶器を作る人, 陶工 .～̀ 's f í eld ｟主に米 ｠(身元不明者や貧しい人の )共同墓地, 無縁墓地 .～̀ 's wh é el (製陶に使う )ろくろ .

 

potter

pot ter 2 動詞 ｟英 ｠＝putter 1 .

 

pottery

pot ter y /pɑ́t (ə )ri |pɔ́t -/名詞 複 -ies /-z /1 U 陶器類 .2 U 陶器の材質 .3 U 製陶 (業 ), 陶芸 .4 C 製陶所 , 陶芸所 .5 〖the Potteries 〗(英国Staffordshireにある )製陶業中心地帯 .