potter
/ˈpɒtə(r)/noun
उच्चारण पॉटर
कुम्हार
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a person who makes clay pots by hand
कुम्हार
- The potter shaped the clay on his wheel.
- The potter sells his clay lamps at the Diwali fair.
- The potter turned a lump of clay into a graceful vase.
+ 2 more examples
- A famous potter from Jaipur taught the workshop.
- Visitors watched the potter decorate bowls with blue paint.
Synonyms ceramicist ceramist pot maker
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[I] ~ (about/around) BrE
to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing something that you enjoy
इत्मीनान से इधर-उधर काम करना
- He spent the morning pottering in the garden.
- On Sundays my father likes to potter around the house, fixing small things.
- Grandfather pottered about the garden watering the plants.
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- I spent the holiday pottering around the house.
- She pottered in the kitchen while the rain fell outside.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
potter (noun) — craftsperson
A potter makes pots, bowls and other objects from clay. The related noun pottery means the objects, the craft or the workshop.
'Potter' मिट्टी से बर्तन और अन्य वस्तुएँ बनाने वाला कारीगर है। संबंधित noun 'pottery' का अर्थ मिट्टी के बर्तन, यह कला या कार्यशाला है।
- The potter shaped the clay on the wheel.
- Diwali lamps are made by local potters.
potter about / around (verb)
In British English potter means to spend time in a relaxed way, doing small jobs or moving about without hurry; it takes about or around.
British English में 'potter' का अर्थ आराम से छोटे-मोटे काम करते हुए या बिना जल्दी के घूमते हुए समय बिताना है; इसके साथ about या around आता है।
- My grandfather potters about in the garden every morning.
- She pottered around the kitchen after breakfast.
potter + in / at / with
The place is shown with in or around, the object of interest with at or with.
स्थान in या around से और रुचि की वस्तु at या with से बताई जाती है।
- He pottered at his old radio all afternoon.
- She likes to potter with plants.
potter (not Potter / not putter)
Potter is spelt with tt; it is different from putter, which is a golf club.
'Potter' की वर्तनी में tt आता है; यह 'putter' से अलग है, जो गोल्फ़ की छड़ी है।
- The potter sold clay pots at the fair.
+Collocations 4
adjective + potter
skilledvillagelocalmastertraditional
- The village potter supplies matkas to the whole town.
potter + noun
wheelclaykilnworkshopvillage
- The potter's wheel turned slowly.
potter + particle
aboutaroundalongon
- He pottered along the beach, picking up shells.
verb + potter (noun)
meetwatchhirecommission
- We watched a potter at work in the fair.
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- The potter baked the clay lamps in a kiln.
कुम्हार ने मिट्टी के दीयों को भट्ठी में पकाया।
- On Sundays Radhika potters about the house and does nothing urgent.
रविवार को राधिका घर में आराम से इधर-उधर काम करती रहती है और कोई ज़रूरी काम नहीं करती।
- The potter's wheel is one of the oldest tools of man.
कुम्हार का चाक मनुष्य के सबसे पुराने औज़ारों में से एक है।
- He retired and now potters around in his small garden.
वह सेवानिवृत्त हो गया और अब अपने छोटे बाग़ में आराम से घूमता-काम करता रहता है।
- The potters of Khurja are famous for their ceramic work.
खुर्जा के कुम्हार अपने चीनी-मिट्टी के काम के लिए प्रसिद्ध हैं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The potter made the pot with a wheel of potter.
✓ The potter made the pot on a potter's wheel.
Use the possessive potter's wheel, and on for the wheel; 'wheel of potter' is a Hindi-influenced form.
'Potter's wheel' के रूप में possessive का प्रयोग करें और wheel के लिए on आता है; 'wheel of potter' हिंदी के प्रभाव वाला रूप है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Potter and pottery belong to the same craft, but one is a person and the other is the work.
Potter और pottery एक ही शिल्प से जुड़े हैं, पर एक व्यक्ति है और दूसरा उसका काम।
The clay objects or the place and craft of making them.
मिट्टी की वस्तुएँ या उन्हें बनाने का स्थान और शिल्प।
- We bought some pottery.
→Phrasal verbs 1
potter about/around
(BrE) to do things or move without hurrying, especially when you are doing something that you enjoy
(आराम से) छोटे-मोटे काम करते रहना
- Grandpa likes to potter about in the garden.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
pot·ter
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who makes pots is a potter; the craft or the objects made pottery or ceramics; the place where pots are made a pottery; the wheel used the potter's wheel.
बर्तन बनाने वाला potter (कुम्हार); शिल्प या बनी वस्तुएँ pottery या ceramics (मृद्भांड); बर्तन बनने की जगह pottery; प्रयुक्त चाक potter's wheel।
General knowledge
History GK: painted grey ware and black and red ware are pottery styles found at ancient Indian sites; Harappan pottery was red with black designs.
इतिहास GK में चित्रित धूसर मृद्भांड और काले-लाल मृद्भांड प्राचीन भारतीय स्थलों पर मिली मृद्भांड शैलियाँ हैं; हड़प्पा के मृद्भांड काले डिज़ाइन वाले लाल थे।