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Earthen synonyms
ûr'thən, -thən
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clay
A stiff, sticky sedimentary material that is soft and pliable when wet and consists mainly of various silicates of aluminum. Clay particles are smaller than silt, having a diameter less than 0.0039 mm. Clay is widely used to make bricks, pottery, and tiles.
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  1. A stiff, sticky sedimentary material that is soft and pliable when wet and consists mainly of various silicates of aluminum. Clay particles are smaller than silt, having a diameter less than 0.0039 mm. Clay is widely used to make bricks, pottery, and tiles.
stone
Complete; utter. Often used in combination:
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  1. Complete; utter. Often used in combination:
  2. Relating to or made of stone:
  3. Of stone or stoneware
dirt
Having a surface of compacted earth
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  1. Having a surface of compacted earth
rock
A relatively hard, naturally occurring mineral material. Rock can consist of a single mineral or of several minerals that are either tightly compacted or held together by a cementlike mineral matrix. The three main types of rock are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
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  1. A relatively hard, naturally occurring mineral material. Rock can consist of a single mineral or of several minerals that are either tightly compacted or held together by a cementlike mineral matrix. The three main types of rock are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
  2. A piece of such material; a stone.
fictile
Of pottery or ceramics
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  1. Of pottery or ceramics
  2. Capable of being molded; plastic.
  3. Formed of molded clay, earth, etc.
earthlike
Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
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  1. Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
earthy
Crude or off-color; indecent:
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  1. Crude or off-color; indecent:
  2. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
  3. Of, consisting of, or resembling earth:
terrestrial
(Astronomy) Similar to the planet earth in size or composition:
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  1. (Astronomy) Similar to the planet earth in size or composition:
  2. Transmitted from structures on the earth and not involving satellites:
  3. (Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
earthbound
Confined to the Earth
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  1. Confined to the Earth
  2. Confined to or by the earth or earthly things
  3. Attached or confined to the earth or to earthly concerns:
earthly
Worldly:
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  1. Worldly:
  2. Worldly
  3. Temporal or secular
earthy
Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
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  1. Hearty or uninhibited; natural:
  2. Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
  3. (Archaic) Worldly
mundane
Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
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  1. Of the world; esp., worldly, as distinguished from heavenly, spiritual, etc.
  2. Commonplace, everyday, ordinary, etc.
  3. Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
secular
Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
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  1. Of or relating to worldly things as distinguished from things relating to church and religion; not sacred or religious; temporal; worldly
  2. Worldly rather than spiritual:
  3. Not relating to religion or to a religious body; nonreligious:
tellurian
(Mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tellurium.
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  1. (Mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tellurium.
  2. Of the earth; terrestrial
telluric
Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
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  1. Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.
  2. Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
  3. Terrestrial; tellurian
temporal
Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
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  1. Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
  2. Of, relating to, or limited by time:
  3. Secular or lay; civil:
terrene
Of or relating to the earth; earthly.
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  1. Of or relating to the earth; earthly.
  2. Worldly; mundane
terrestrial
(Archaic) Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
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  1. (Archaic) Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
  2. Transmitted from structures on the earth and not involving satellites:
  3. (Biology) Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic:
worldly
Of, relating to, or devoted to the material world, especially in contrast to spiritual concerns.
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  1. Of, relating to, or devoted to the material world, especially in contrast to spiritual concerns.
  2. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
  3. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
Find another word for earthen. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for earthen, like: clay, stone, mud, dirt, rock, fictile, made of earth, made of baked clay, made of burnt clay, earthlike and earthy.

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  • It is surrounded by a thick earthen wall, nearly 4 m.

  • It is a very old town, with high earthen walls and twelve gates, commanded by a fort.

  • She opened the door and stepped across the threshold and onto the cold, damp earthen floor of the passage.

  • Rude earthen or stockaded forts, serving as magazines and places of retreat, were erected; or in some cases use was made of strongholds already existing, such as Dun Almain in Kildare, Dunlavin in Wicklow and Fermoy in Cork.

  • The Mexicans were also skilful makers of earthen pots, in which were cooked the native beans called by the Spanish frijoles, and the various savoury stews still in vogue.

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