crockery

== English == === Etymology === From crocker (“(obsolete) potter”) +‎ -ery (suffix with the sense ‘a class, group, or collection of’ forming nouns). Crocker is derived from crock (“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”) + -er (suffix attached to nouns indicating persons whose occupations are indicated by the nouns); crock is from Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒkəɹi/, /ˈkrɒkɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑk(ə)ɹi/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒkəɹi, (General American) -ɑkəɹi Hyphenation: crock‧e‧ry === Noun === crockery (usually uncountable, plural crockeries) Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively. Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from. ==== Synonyms ==== crockeryware crockware ==== Hyponyms ==== See Thesaurus:crockery ==== Derived terms ==== crockeryware ==== Related terms ==== crock crocker crock of shit (slang, vulgar) crock pot ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tableware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia