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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective formed by carving or having a design carved into the surface.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of carve.
  • adjective Of an object, made by carving.

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  • adjective made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary)

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Examples

  • He could make out the name carved into the shattered marble—BARONNE.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Every desk I sit at in school has her name carved into the laminate.

    Clovers in her hair Brentley Frazer 2012

  • He could make out the name carved into the shattered marble—BARONNE.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • He could make out the name carved into the shattered marble—BARONNE.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • He could make out the name carved into the shattered marble—BARONNE.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • This Jarret bore an expression carved in cold stone.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • This Jarret bore an expression carved in cold stone.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • With one hand on his name carved in stone, I steadied myself and brought up the other to his face.

    The Haunted Jessica Verday 2010

  • This Jarret bore an expression carved in cold stone.

    A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010

  • There was no ornament, not even his name carved on the surface.

    The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

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