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UK
/pˈɒtɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpɑtɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑtɝ/ ]
VERB
-
do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house - move around aimlessly
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work lightly
The old lady is pottering around in the garden
NOUN
- a craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln
How To Use potter In A Sentence
- The former seems more likely in that the emergence of bichrome pottery is dated to approximately 1550 B.C., or roughtly four centuries prior to the documented arrival of the Peleset ( "Sea-people"). CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- Calling Potter a writer undermines a great deal of the depth and dynamics he brought to the lexicon of language.
- The major hole was for the ‘crew’ and the smaller hole was the base for the pottery kiln.
- It consisted of delicately inlaying colored clays into white bodied pottery.
- Archaeologists found pottery in the lowest level of the site.
- I finally decided to use a ‘sagger,’ a container in which the pottery is placed, along with a combustible material (sawdust).
- One of the current topics on the Child-Lit listserv, where I usually lurk, is a discussion "Harry Potter -- Hype or Word Of Mouth," which got me thinking about when I first read HP and its impact on me, personally and professionally. How I Found Out About Harry
- Some used it as an opportunity to potter around doing chores. Times, Sunday Times
- Over 6,000 policemen and women were on the streets of central London backed up by mounted police, three police helicopters and numerous plainclothes spotters on the roofs and in the crowd.
- Large "fandoms" erupt around popular anime series, widely read books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, and cult movies like The Matrix.