different between pottery vs raku

English

Etymology

From Old French poterie [13c.], from potier (“potter”), from the root of pot.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?t??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?t??i/

Noun

pottery (usually uncountable, plural potteries)

1. Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

   The shelves were lined with pottery of all shapes and sizes.
2. (countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

   I visited the old potteries and saw the pots being made.

3. The potter's craft or art: making vessels from clay.

   Bernard Leach was skilled at pottery.

Synonyms

• ceramic
• ceramics
• earthenware

Hyponyms

• porcelain, china

Related terms

Translations

See also

• stoneware
• terracotta

Further reading

pottery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

raku

1. Alternative letter-case form of Raku

Anagrams

• Kaur, Kura, urka

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?raku]

Noun

raku

1. dative/vocative/locative singular of rak

Estonian

Noun

raku

1. genitive singular of rakk

Japanese

Romanization

raku

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latvian

Verb

raku

1. 1st person singular past indicative form of rakt

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?raku/

Noun

raku

1. locative singular of rak

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.ku/

Noun

raku m

1. locative/vocative singular of rak

Rapa Nui

Verb

raku

1. scratch