Unhewn

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not hewn.

    "The altars used for magical purposes were of carved wood or, if made of stone, had to be a natural slab, unhewn and untouched by hammer or chisel."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of stone especially) not given a finished form by or as if by hewing wordnet

Synonyms

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arrestedbackwardcoarsecrudeembryonicreductive

Antonyms

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hewn

Example

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"The altars used for magical purposes were of carved wood or, if made of stone, had to be a natural slab, unhewn and untouched by hammer or chisel."

Etymology

From un- + hewn.

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