different between crockery vs crocker

English

Etymology

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 *krukk?, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *growg- (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k??i/, /?kr?k?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k(?)?i/
• Hyphenation: crock?e?ry

Noun

crockery (usually uncountable, plural crockeries)

1. Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
2. Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:crockery

Derived terms

• crockeryware

Related terms

• crock
• crocker
• crock of shit (slang, vulgar)
• crock pot

Translations

References

Further reading

• tableware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

crock +? -er. The first written record of the word crocker dates back to 1315 AD. It might have been the common Anglo-Saxon term for potter before 1066 AD. It has also been used as a surname.

Noun

crocker (plural crockers)

1. a potter.

See also

• croker

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1] (etymology)