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unchinked

unchinked adjective: lacking any filling or caulking in the cracks and chinks; particularly of log cabins and similar constructions.

Adjective

unchinked (comparative more unchinked, superlative most unchinked)

  1. Lacking any filling or caulking in the cracks and chinks; particularly of log cabins and similar constructions.
    • In the untamed Rockies, as she tumbled from rearing horses and shivered in unchinked cabins, wolves howling outside, her complaints miraculously vanished.2009 July 26, Liesl Schillinger, “River Run”, in New York Times

Forms of unchinked

comparativemore unchinked
superlativemost unchinked

Origin of unchinked

From un- + chinked.

Questions about unchinked

What does unchinked mean?
Unchinked means lacking any filling or caulking in the cracks and chinks; particularly of log cabins and similar constructions.
What part of speech is unchinked?
Unchinked is an adjective.

Words near unchinked in the dictionary

  1. unchilled
  2. unchilling
  3. unchills
  4. unchilly
  5. unchiming
  6. unchinked
  7. unchintzy
  8. unchipped
  9. unchipper
  10. unchipt
  11. unchirped

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