| NOUN | artifact | potter's wheel | a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter |
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| Meaning | A horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter. | |
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| Example | "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC" | |
| Broader | wheel | A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
| Spanish | torno de alfarero | |
| Catalan | torn de terrissaire | |
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