crockery

Word family adjectivecrockednouncrockerycrock

Related topics: Utensils

crock·e·ry /ˈkrɒkəri $ ˈkrɑː-/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

DFUcups, dishes, plates etc 陶器，瓦器 → cutlery

a stack of dirty crockery

一大堆脏碗碟

Examples from the Corpus

crockery• The conventional image of a ceramic is of a hard brittle material used to make items such as crockery and tiles.• Cups, crockery, cutlery and glasses can all be washed in hot soapy water in the usual way.• No two pieces of our everyday crockery match.• Much of the china clay went to the Potteries of Staffordshire to be made into crockery - cups, saucers and plates.• The scattered fragments of crockery and the aroma of the wasted nectar marked the melancholy wreck of our Christmas cheer.• Not a blanket, a pillow, a piece of cutlery or crockery remained.• As he spoke, the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood.• When they moved our Mrs R. would only let them take a bed and some crockery.

Origin crockery

(1700-1800) crocker “maker of clay pots” ((14-18 centuries)), from crock

单词	crockery
释义	crockery Word family adjectivecrockednouncrockerycrock Related topics: Utensils crock·e·ry /ˈkrɒkəri $ ˈkrɑː-/ noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE DFUcups, dishes, plates etc 陶器，瓦器 → cutlery a stack of dirty crockery 一大堆脏碗碟 Examples from the Corpus crockery• The conventional image of a ceramic is of a hard brittle material used to make items such as crockery and tiles.• Cups, crockery, cutlery and glasses can all be washed in hot soapy water in the usual way.• No two pieces of our everyday crockery match.• Much of the china clay went to the Potteries of Staffordshire to be made into crockery - cups, saucers and plates.• The scattered fragments of crockery and the aroma of the wasted nectar marked the melancholy wreck of our Christmas cheer.• Not a blanket, a pillow, a piece of cutlery or crockery remained.• As he spoke, the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood.• When they moved our Mrs R. would only let them take a bed and some crockery. Origin crockery (1700-1800) crocker “maker of clay pots” ((14-18 centuries)), from crock
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