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POTTER'S WHEEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter
Example:
the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("potter's wheel" is a kind of...):
wheel (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))