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    rough-hewn

    adjective

    • 1. denoting wood or stone that has been cut with a tool such as an axe, so that its surface is not smooth: "rough-hewn logs"

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  2. The meaning of ROUGH-HEWN is being in a rough, unsmoothed, or unfinished state : crudely formed. How to use rough-hewn in a sentence.

  3. ROUGH-HEWN definition: 1. A rough-hewn material, such as wood or stone, has been shaped, but not given a smooth surface…. Learn more.

  4. ROUGH-HEWN meaning: 1. A rough-hewn material, such as wood or stone, has been shaped, but not given a smooth surface…. Learn more.

  5. 1. cut or hewn roughly, with an unfinished surface. the rough-hewn beams supporting his house. It is a rough-hewn carving of a cat's head. 2. shaped roughly or crudely. rough-hewn, tangerine jumpsuits. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'rough-hewn' in a sentence. rough-hewn.

  6. Definition of rough-hewn adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. Define rough-hewn. rough-hewn synonyms, rough-hewn pronunciation, rough-hewn translation, English dictionary definition of rough-hewn. tr.v. rough-hewed , rough-hewed or rough-hewn , rough-hew·ing , rough-hews 1. To hew or shape roughly, without finishing. 2. To make in rough form.

  8. The earliest known use of the adjective rough-hewn is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for rough-hewn is from 1530, in the writing of John Palsgrave, teacher and scholar of languages. rough-hewn is formed within English, by compounding.