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HAND-HEWN

Pronunciation (US):

• HAND-HEWN (adjective)
The adjective HAND-HEWN has 1 sense:

1. cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel

Familiarity information: HAND-HEWN used as an adjective is very rare.

• HAND-HEWN (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cut or shaped with hard blows of a heavy cutting instrument like an ax or chisel

Synonyms:

hand-hewn; hewn

Context examples:

a house built of hewn logs / rough-hewn stone / a path hewn through the underbrush

Similar:

cut (fashioned or shaped by cutting)

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