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.

Common collocations

• earthen pot Adjective + noun

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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