crockery

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈkrɑkəri/ UK /ˈkrɒkəri/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

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

The crockery was neatly arranged on the dining table.

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

More ceramicsporcelain earthenwarestonewarepottery

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").

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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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