pottered; pottering; potters
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Verb
pottering around indoors on a rainy day
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
How one Chicago woman’s genealogical search led her to a potter’s field in Canada
Since 2018, Robin Moore — a native of Park Manor on Chicago’s South Side — has spent much of her free time combing through archival records and building a family tree to better understand her roots.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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Noun
The corpse was headed for potter’s field in late March when the funeral parlor received a strange call — a man offering to pay for the burial.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
How one Chicago woman’s genealogical search led her to a potter’s field in Canada
Since 2018, Robin Moore — a native of Park Manor on Chicago’s South Side — has spent much of her free time combing through archival records and building a family tree to better understand her roots.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
Lucia pottered about, switching on a lamp, putting things away into cupboards, stacking the mugs into a corner.
—Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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“Potter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
potter
1 of 2 noun
pot·ter
ˈpät-ər 
: one that makes pottery
Biographical Definition
Potter 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Pot·ter
ˈpä-tər
Beatrix 1866–1943 British writer and illustrator
Potter
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Paul or Paulus 1625–1654 Dutch painter
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