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Wedgwood

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Noun

1. josiah wedgwood, wedgwood

English potter (1730-1795)

2. wedgwood

a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wedgwood

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noun
1. trademark
a. 
pottery produced, esp during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the Wedgwood factories
b. 
such pottery having applied classical decoration in white on a blue or other coloured ground
adjective
2. 
relating to or characteristic of such pottery
Wedgwood blue
noun
Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

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Wedgwood

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trademark
a fine English ceramic ware, typically with delicate neoclassic figures applied in a white, cameolike relief on a tinted background

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wedgwood

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British potter who improved the materials and processes of pottery. The wares from his factory (founded 1759) are among the finest examples of British stoneware and neoclassical vases.
A trademark for a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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