Earthen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɝθən/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Earthen is an adjective meaning Made of earth or mud.
Meaning
Made of earth or mud.
More Meanings
- (especially of pottery) Made of clay.
- (transitive) to provide or add soil to
- (transitive) to make earthly or earthlike
- (archaic) Earthly.
Example Sentences
It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.
1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]
But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]
Will they be yours when one by one these earthen / Delights and comforts and all beauties wane? / Will they be found laid up above, illumined?
Word Forms
- earthens
- earthening
- earthened
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arthen, earthish, erthly, earthlike, earth-born, earthborn.
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