crockery

UK/ˈkɹɒkəɹi/US/ˈkɹɑk(ə)ɹi/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,873 of 15,258neutral

Crockery is plates, bowls and cups, all the table dishes together. Wash the crockery, a cupboard of crockery, chipped crockery.

It is uncountable, so there are pieces of crockery rather than crockeries. Britain uses the word where America says dishes, and it covers the earthenware rather than the glass or the cutlery.

Definitions of crockery

1nouncrockeryPlates, bowls, and cups — all the table dishes together.B2+
“After the party, the sink was full of dirty crockery.”
- Said"Mind the crockery; that box has my grandmother's plates in it."
- WrittenThe crockery did not match and never had, and the table looked better for it.
- UsedWarm the crockery in a low oven before a dinner party.
- ContrastCrockery, not cutlery. Cutlery is what you eat with; crockery is what you eat from. cutlery →
- Not thisGlasses are not crockery. Crockery is china and earthenware: plates, bowls, cups.
- SimplyThe crockery is on the table. Plates and cups.
Patterna set of crockery · wash / dry the crockery · china crockery · crocks

crockery is a tableware.

Also accepted in games: tableware

Remember it

It comes from crock, an old clay pot: crockery is all the plates, cups and bowls — the clay things on your table.

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Where it comes from

From crocker, a potter, from crock, an earthenware jar, from Old English croc.

Proto-Indo-European
*grewg- — vessel
Proto-Germanic
*krukkō
Old English
crocc
Middle English
crok
English, today
crockery

Built from

crock · English — earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container
crokke · Middle English — earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach
crocca · Old English — crock, pot, vessel
*krukkô · Proto-Germanic — vessel

From crocker + ery. Crocker is derived from crock (“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”) + -er; crock is from Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”)crocke, crokk, kroke, from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”)croc, from Proto-Germanic krukkō, krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European grewg- (“vessel”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Definitions of crockery

1nouncrockeryPlates, bowls, and cups — all the table dishes together.B2+

“After the party, the sink was full of dirty crockery.”

Said"Mind the crockery; that box has my grandmother's plates in it."
WrittenThe crockery did not match and never had, and the table looked better for it.
UsedWarm the crockery in a low oven before a dinner party.
ContrastCrockery, not cutlery. Cutlery is what you eat with; crockery is what you eat from. cutlery →
Not thisGlasses are not crockery. Crockery is china and earthenware: plates, bowls, cups.
SimplyThe crockery is on the table. Plates and cups.

Patterna set of crockery · wash / dry the crockery · china crockery · crocks

crockery is a tableware.

Also accepted in games: tableware