POTTER'S WHEEL

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 I. (noun) 

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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))

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