wedgwood
IPA: wˈɛdʒwʊd
Root Word: Wedgwood
noun
- An English habitational surname from a place in Staffordshire.
- Josiah Wedgwood, English potter.
- (ceramics) The ceramic ware with white embossed cameos made by this potter, and the company that bears his name.
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Examples of "wedgwood" in Sentences
- He was the father of the international lawyer Ruth Wedgwood.
- He was the grandson of the illustrious potter Josiah Wedgwood.
- This is known as a Wedgwood mortar and pestle and originated in 1779.
- In 2001, he launched a fine bone china tableware collection for Wedgwood.
- Wedgwood is credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery.
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