EARTHEN

earthen

(adjective) made of earth (or baked clay); “an earthen pot”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

earthen (comparative more earthen, superlative most earthen)

Made of earth or mud.

Made of clay (especially said of pottery).

(archaic) Earthly.

Etymology 2

Verb

earthen (third-person singular simple present earthens, present participle earthening, simple past and past participle earthened)

(transitive) to provide or add soil to

(transitive) to make earthly or earthlike

Anagrams

• Teheran, earneth, hearten, rhenate

Source: Wiktionary


Earth"en, a.

Definition: Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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