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CERAMICIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceramicist mean? 

CERAMICIST (noun)
  The noun CERAMICIST has 1 sense:

1. a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kilnplay

  Familiarity information: CERAMICIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CERAMICIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ceramicist; ceramist; potter; thrower

Hypernyms ("ceramicist" is a kind of...):

artificer; artisan; craftsman; journeyman (a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft)

Instance hyponyms:

Josiah Spode; Spode (English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone china (1754-1827))

Josiah Wedgwood; Wedgwood (English potter (1730-1795))

Derivation:

ceramics (the art of making and decorating pottery)


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