crockery

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
2. (uncountable, usually) Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Synonyms

earthenware

pottery

dishes

dishware

tableware

chinaware

porcelain

tinware

utensil

ware

ceramics

dishware

china

China

dish

glassware

harness

things

Translations

vaisselle

Geschirr

vasellame

vajilla

stoviglie

aardewerk

porcellana

louças

Essgeschirr

vaixella

faiença

Steingut

loza

terraglie

poterie

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹɒkəɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crok

Inherited from Old English: crocc

In summary

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”).