adjective
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made of baked clay
an earthen pot
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made of earth
Etymology
Origin of earthen
1175–1225; Middle English erthen, Old English eorthen. See earth, -en 2
Example Sentences
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He kept saying that our soy sauce couldn’t be made without this storehouse, its earthen walls, earthen floors and wooden vats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
What survives of this ancient city today includes two long rows of rectangular earthen mounds, each about a meter high.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025
They constructed a 35-mile earthen berm around the city in an attempt to encircle its one million residents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
According to Yale's HRL, the construction of the earthen wall is ongoing.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
Not while the rain made it dim as twilight under the canopy and pattered like footsteps across the matted earthen floor.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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