earthen

CEFRB2

/ˈɝθən/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Made of baked or dried earth or clay.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Made of clay.

Examples

  • The earthen pizza oven was lined with hot coals.

  • 1826, James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans A hundred earthen dwellings stood on the margin of the lake […]

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Made of earth or mud.

verb

Extra meanings

  1. to provide or add soil to

  2. to make earthly or earthlike

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In context

  • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme w...

  • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation ... the Godfathers and Godmothers follow into the midst of the Church, where there is a small table ready set, and on it an earthen pot ful of warme water, […]

  • But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]

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The ancient pot was made from blank clay and fired in a simple kiln.

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Origin

adjective

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”).