Earthen Meaning
/ˈɝθən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjMade of earth or mud.
adjMade of clay.
Sentence Examples
The earthen pizza oven was lined with hot coals.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient pot was made from ____ clay and fired in a simple kiln.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ pizza oven was lined with hot coals.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English erthen, urthen, from Old English eorþen, yrþen, ierþen (“made of earth”), from Proto-Germanic *irþīnaz. Cognate with Dutch aarden (“earthen”), German irden (“earthen”). By surface analysis, earth + -en (“made of”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]"
— 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
"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?"
— 1903, Maria Lydia Winkler, From Glory to Glory; Or, The Christian's Glorious Ministry, page 228:
"Their inter-tillage operations, earthening-up of some crops and tillage in orchard/gardens or plantation crops, are stated below, under special cropping system in different situations."
— 2017, N.R. Das, Tillage and Crop Production, 2nd Ed., page 104:
"It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions."
— 1919, The Improvement Era, volume 23, page 191:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient pot was made from ____ clay and fired in a simple kiln.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ pizza oven was lined with hot coals.