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rough-hewn

rough-hewn adjective: hewn roughly without a neat finish.

Adjective

rough-hewn

  1. Hewn roughly without a neat finish.
    • A huge piece of rough-hewn Shap granite stands in the centre of the village as a memorial to Adam Sedgwick.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150

Questions about rough-hewn

What does rough-hewn mean?
Rough-hewn means hewn roughly without a neat finish.
What part of speech is rough-hewn?
Rough-hewn is an adjective.

Words near rough-hewn in the dictionary

  1. rough-hew
  2. rough-hewed
  3. rough-hewer
  4. rough-hewers
  5. rough-hewing
  6. rough-hewn
  7. rough-hews
  8. rough-hound
  9. rough-hounds
  10. rough-house
  11. rough-leaf false vervain

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