crockery

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkrɑkəri/ UK /ˈkrɒkəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items used for serving and eating food

The crockery was neatly arranged on the dining table.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · plates, dishes, cups, and... tablewaredinnerwaredishwareplates china

More ceramicsporcelain earthenwarestonewarepottery

Simplified etymology

Crockery, recorded from the early 18th century, comes from the obsolete word crocker, “potter.” Crocker derives from crock, represented in Old English by croc or crocca, “earthenware pot.”

Etymology

From Old English crock ("pot; vessel") plus the noun-forming suffix -ery; via Middle English crockerie ("earthenware") into Modern English crockery ("tableware made of earthenware").

Topics

Food & Drink

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# crockery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkrɑkəri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkrɒkəri/

## Meanings
1. plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items used for serving and eating food

## Examples
- The crockery was neatly arranged on the dining table.

## Synonyms
- tableware
- dinnerware
- dishware
- plates
- china
- ceramics
- porcelain
- earthenware
- stoneware
- pottery

## Etymology
From Old English crock ("pot; vessel") plus the noun-forming suffix -ery; via Middle English crockerie ("earthenware") into Modern English crockery ("tableware made of earthenware").

## AI Etymology
Crockery comes from Old English crock ("pot; vessel") plus the noun-forming suffix -ery; via Middle English crockerie ("earthenware") into Modern English crockery ("tableware made of earthenware"). In current use it is a noun meaning "plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items used for serving and eating food". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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