ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Strewn

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /stɹuːn/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Strewn is an adjective meaning Covered, scattered or overspread with objects.

Meaning

Covered, scattered or overspread with objects.

More Meanings

  1. past participle of strew

Example Sentences

Unwashed dishes and dirty laundry were strewn about the room.
The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.
Baniyas was one of the towns worst hit by the violence. Residents there say bodies were strewn on the streets or left unburied in homes and on the roofs of buildings, with nobody able to collect them.

Synonyms for strewn

Depending on context, synonyms include scattered, covered, distributed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include covered, distributed, scattered, aired, broadcast, littered.

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