earthen

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   made of baked clay

   Water was stored in a large earthen jar.

2. 2
   adj

   made or formed from earth or mud

   An earthen bank protected the field from the river.

Inherited from Middle English erthen and Old English eorthen, meaning made of earth. It is built from earth + -en, an old suffix meaning made of, also seen in wooden and golden.

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