crockery
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crockery
- /ˈkɹɒkəɹi/ UK
- /ˈkrɒkɹi/ UK
- /ˈkɹɑk(ə)ɹi/ US
Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒkəɹi, (General American) -ɑkəɹi
Where it comes from
From crocker (“(obsolete) potter”) + -ery (suffix with the sense ‘a class, group, or collection of’ forming nouns). Crocker is derived from crock (“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”) + -er (suffix attached to nouns indicating persons whose occupations are indicated by the nouns); crock is from Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”).
noun crockeries
- Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively. All the street was lined with wretched hucksters and their merchandise of gooseberries, green apples, children's dirty cakes, cheap crockeries, brushes, and tin-ware; among which objects the people were swarming about busily.
- Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.
Similar: crockeryware, crockware, crockery, ware
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noun
Similar: crockeryware, crockware, crockery, ware
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noun crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
| Español | vajilla |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 陶瓷餐具 táocí cānjù |
| Deutsch | Geschirr |
| Italiano | coccio |
| Русский | фая́нсовая посу́да fajánsovaja posúda, гли́няная посу́да glínjanaja posúda |
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title = {crockery},
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