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    POTTER'S EARTH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modelingplay

    Synonyms:

    potter's clay; potter's earth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("potter's earth" is a kind of...):

    clay (a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "potter's earth"):

    slip (potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics)

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