earthen

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They are mostly made of synthetic plastics very much like the earthen originals but five thousand times more resistant.

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  1. adjective Made of earth or clay: an earthen fortification; an earthen pot.
  2. adjective Earthly; worldly.

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  • So earthen is Gigi Dover's singing that it might be echoing through canyons on the seven continents right now, with or without her involvement. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
  • Two local construction workers entered the primitive, earthen-walled tunnel to rescue the couple, apparently unaware of a dangerous buildup of exhaust fumes from a gas-powered pump the couple had installed in the tunnel to remove water. —  Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News
  • In the earthen-cooked meal known as pachamanca, habas always accompany the meat and potatoes. —  www.Perublogs.com Todos los Blogs del Perú
  • They are mostly made of synthetic plastics very much like the earthen originals but five thousand times more resistant. —  Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News
  • Like many other world, there are prophecies, that an earthen (someone from the outer world or normal world) would bring about great disaster. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
 

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  1. from Middle English erthen, eorthen (Anglo-Saxon not recorded) = Dutch aarden = Old High German erdīn, irdīn, Middle High German erdīn, erden, German erden, now irden = Gothic (Moesogothic) airtheins, earthen; as earth + -en.
 

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