noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkɹɒkəɹi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈkrɒkɹi/
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General-American:/ˈkɹɑk(ə)ɹi/
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rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒkəɹi
rhymes with (General American) -ɑkəɹi
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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.
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