waterworn

American  

[waw-ter-wawrn, -wohrn, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌwɔrn, -ˌwoʊrn, ˈwɒt ər- /

adjective

1. worn by the action of water; smoothed by the force or movement of water.

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waterworn British  

/ ˈwɔːtəˌwɔːn /

adjective

1. worn smooth by the action or passage of water

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Etymology

Origin of waterworn

First recorded in 1805–15; water + worn

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Example Sentences

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waterworn

Viewing the strata exposed by the river in the Grand Canyon, the wind-weathered landscape of Bryce Canyon or the waterworn stalactites of Carlsbad Caverns is like looking backward through time.

From Time Magazine Archive

I ease myself along, intrigued by the smooth, waterworn walls.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The line led across a waterworn ledge and downward.

From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by George Brehm

It consisted of a yellow sandstone in thin strata, covered in some parts with beds of waterworn pebbles.

From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Thomas Mitchell

Sometimes we went through deep cuttings in the red clay, close enough for me to notice it was interstratified with waterworn but angular quartz peebles.

From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

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