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Wedg·wood

(wĕj′wo͝od′)

A trademark for a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors.

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Wedgwood

(ˈwɛdʒwʊd)

(Ceramics) trademark

a. pottery produced, esp during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, at the Wedgwood factories

b. such pottery having applied classical decoration in white on a blue or other coloured ground

adj

(Ceramics) relating to or characteristic of such pottery: Wedgwood blue.

Wedgwood

(ˈwɛdʒwʊd)

(Biography) Josiah. 1730–95, British potter and industrialist, who founded several pottery works near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire

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Wedg•wood

(ˈwɛdʒˌwʊd)

Trademark. a ceramic ware, typically blue-gray with raised white decoration, made by Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95), English potter, and his successors.

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Noun	1.	Wedgwood - English potter (1730-1795) Josiah Wedgwood
	2.	Wedgwood - a type of pottery made by Josiah Wedgwood and his successors; typically has a classical decoration in white on a blue background clayware, pottery - ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

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Wedgwood®

n → Wedgwood nt; Wedgwood blue → wedgwoodblau

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