Hewn Synonyms

hyo͝on
To bring down, as with a saw or ax
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cut
  2. struck
  3. slashed
  4. shaped
  5. pruned
  6. held
  7. hacked
  8. fashioned
  9. cloven
  10. chopped
  11. chipped
  12. slit
  13. carven
Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hand-hewn
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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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