Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun potter's_wheel

1 sense of potter's wheel

Sense 1
potter's wheel -- (a horizontal rotating wheel holding the clay being shaped by a potter; "the potter's wheel was invented in Asia Minor around 6500 BC")
       => wheel -- (a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines))