potter's wheel

noun

a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.

Origin

1720-30

Examples from the web for potter's wheel

Make pottery using the potter's wheel and other techniques.
These wares begin with raw clay pulled from the ruddy hillsides and prepared for throwing on the potter's wheel or hand-building.
His porcelain bowls, below, are handmade on a potter's wheel but are only one-sixteenth of an inch thick.
Stoneware vessels were shaped by hand on the potter's wheel or in a wooden mold.
Flywheels have been around for thousands of years in the form of the potter's wheel.
Stoneware vessels were shaped by hand on the potter's wheel or formed in a wooden mold.
Students learn various ceramic techniques including the use of a potter's wheel, slab structure and pinch pots.
Participants will learn to use clay, basic skills on the potter's wheel, and how to decorate and glaze their work.
Discover the creative possibilities of both hand-building and the potter's wheel.
Create a functional ceramic piece on the potter's wheel.

British Dictionary definitions for potter's wheel

noun

a device with a horizontal rotating disc, on which clay is shaped into pots, bowls, etc, by hand