chiseled

American

[chiz-uhld] / ˈtʃɪz əld /

especially British, chiselled

adjective

cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel.

chiseled stone.
sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut.

She has finely chiseled features.

Other Word Forms

unchiseled adjective
unchiselled adjective

Etymology

Origin of chiseled

First recorded in 1730–40; chisel + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Man, if my chest hair wasn’t going visibly gray and I was instead a lanky, chiseled Zoomer with a hit LP I might feel the same way about top buttons.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

If you’ve been there, then you know that the stark and hallowed message of that memorial is “Freedom Is Not Free,” words chiseled in stone.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2025

They built an elaborate Victorian canopy to protect the rock from relic hunters and seagulls, and they also chiseled the date 1620 into its face.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

Then the stone was cut, chiseled, and hammered by the stone cutters so it would match the patterns or templates supplied by the master mason.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay

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