Hewn Definition

hyo͝on
adjective
Shaped or cut with an ax, knife, chisel, etc.
Hewn stone.
Webster's New World

Made or crafted by cutting, whittling down.

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Of something that has been cut or mowed down.

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Synonyms:
  • hand-hewn
verb

Past participle of hew.

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Hewn Sentence Examples

  • She entered a narrow, well-lit hall and followed it through smoothly hewn walls.

  • These benches are often hewn in the form of couches with pillows at one end, and the legs carved in relief.

  • A few of those at the east end are hewn in the rock.

  • It is over a mile in length, hewn in the rock, and about 6 ft.

  • In the slope above the town was hewn a theatre equalling that of Athens in size.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEW

Words Ending With

NWNEWN

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Words Starting With H and Ending With N

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With H4 Letter Words Ending With N