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crockery

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒkəɹi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkrɒkɹi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈkɹɑk(ə)ɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒkəɹi
  • rhymes with (General American) -ɑkəɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AA1 K ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishware

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tableware

Narrower terms: chinaware, china, cup, dish, eggcup, egg cup, ovenware

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: грънци (grǎnci) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Catalan: terrissa — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶瓷餐具 (táocí cānjù) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Finnish: astiat — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Galician: perfia — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • German: Geschirr — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Italian: coccio — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Polish: zastawa stołowa — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Polish: serwis stołowy — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Russian: фая́нсовая посу́да (fajánsovaja posúda) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Russian: гли́няная посу́да (glínjanaja posúda) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Spanish: vajilla — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Turkish: çanak çömlek — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Ukrainian: череп'яний посуд (čerepʺjanyj posud) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Ukrainian: глиняний посуд (hlynjanyj posud) — crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively
  • Afrikaans: breekware — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Bashkir: һауыт-һаба (hawıt-haba) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Bashkir: ҡашығаяҡ (qaşığayaq) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Bulgarian: посуда (posuda) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Catalan: vaixella — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Chinese Mandarin: 陶瓷餐具 (táocí cānjù) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Czech: nádobí — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Dutch: servies — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Finnish: astiat — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Finnish: pöytäastiat — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Finnish: talousastiat — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • French: vaisselle — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Galician: louza — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • German: Essgeschirr — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • German: Geschirr — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Italian: terraglia — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Italian: vasellame — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Malagasy: bakoly — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Norman: vaisselle — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Norwegian: servise — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Polish: porcelana stołowa — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Portuguese: louças — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Romanian: veselă — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Russian: посу́да (posúda) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Sotho: dijana — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Spanish: loza — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Spanish: vajilla — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Swedish: servis — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Tatar: савыт-саба (sawıt-saba) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from
  • Ukrainian: по́суд (pósud) — dishes, plates, and other tableware, usually made of some ceramic material used for serving food on and eating it from