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waterworn
/ ˈwɔːtəˌwɔːn /
adjective
- worn smooth by the action or passage of water
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Word History and Origins
Origin of waterworn1
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Example Sentences
This ware is characterized by a dull, reddish-pink body, usually dark-gray at the core, and by a gross waterworn gravel temper.
Seaside and river gravel, which is composed usually of rounded, waterworn pebbles, is unfit for surfacing roads.
The bed of the river is gravelly, or composed of waterworn stones, which diminish in size as you recede from the mountains.
The specimen was found on a waterworn surface of the beach, partially covered by shingle….
The Bunter had been slightly tilted, and slightly waterworn, before the Keuper was laid on it.
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