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earthen

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earth·en  (ûrthn, -n)
adj.
1. Made of earth or clay: an earthen fortification; an earthen pot.
2. Earthly; worldly.
earthen [ˈɜːθən]
adj (prenominal)
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) made of baked clay an earthen pot
2. made of earth
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Adj.1.earthen - made of earth (or baked clay); "an earthen pot"
Translations
earthen [ˈɜːθən] ADJ → de tierra; [pot] → de barro
earthen [ˈɜːrθən] adj
(= earthenware) [jar, vessel] → en terre
[floor] → en terre; [bank, mound] → de terre
earthen
adj → irden
earthen [ˈɜːθ/ən] adj (of earth) → di terra; (of baked clay) → di terracotta
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In the center of the amphitheater was one of those strange earthen drums which the anthropoids build for the queer rites the sounds of which men have heard in the fastnesses of the jungle, but which none has ever witnessed.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Tied or trussed like fowls or pigs, they were tumbled on the hard- packed earthen floor, beneath which, shallowly buried, lay the remains of ancient chiefs, while, overhead, in wrappings of grass mats, swung all that was left of several of Bashti's immediate predecessors, his father latest among them and so swinging for two full generations.
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Instead of arranging the silver teapot and china cups, she had set out an earthen tea-pot, such as was in common use in the farm kitchen.
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