potter
One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
Noun 4 meanings
One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.
One who places flowers or other plants inside their pots.
One who pots meats or other eatables.
One who hawks crockery or earthenware.
Verb 2 meanings
To act in a vague or unmotivated way; to fuss about with unimportant things.
To move slowly or aimlessly. (Often potter about, potter around.)
Etymology
From Middle English pottere, from Old English pottere (“potter”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *pottārī (“pot-maker”), equivalent to pot + -er. Influenced by Anglo-Norman poter, Old French potier (“potter”). Cognate with Dutch potter (“potter”), German Low German Pötter, Pütter (“potter”).
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POTTER at a glance
POTTER has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + T 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,902 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with potter
All rhymes- AFTER8
- BETTER8
- WATER8
- LATER5
- MATTER8
- CENTER8
- CHARACTER16
- DAUGHTER13
- MINISTER10
- COMPUTER14
- LETTER6
- SISTER6
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