Hewn

/hjuːn/

Synonyms for "hewn" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)

Related words (5)

Adjective(5 words)

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More general

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adjective formappearancecarved materialcuttingdescriptive modifiershaping

More specific

9 entries
carved stonecarved timbermassivenessruggednessstone blockstone hewingtimber beamwood hewingwood plank

Collocations

8 entries
hewn altarhewn beamhewn blockhewn facadehewn loghewn stonehewn timberrough hewn timber

Inflections

5 entries
hewedhewinghewsmore hewnmost hewn

Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A ship's captain must remain observant that a reliable buoy be attached to each anchor by a sturdy rope, so that one could find and raise the anchor if its anchor-cable were to be shorn apart, were to fall into the sea or were to be hewn apart.

Source: tatoeba (1776092)

Those clothe with awe / the Senate; there they choose the judges for the law. / These delve the port; the broad foundations there / they lay for theatres of ample space, / and columns, hewn from marble rocks, prepare, / tall ornaments, the future stage to grace.

Source: tatoeba (6789616)

He in the forefront, tallest of the tall, / poleaxe in hand, unhinging at a stroke / the brazen portals, made the doorway fall, / and wide-mouthed as a window, through the oak, / a panelled plank hewn out, a yawning rent he broke.

Source: tatoeba (6839909)

The statue was hewn out of the purest white marble.

Source: tatoeba (7740995)

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