creviced
Full of gaps
Having crevices—narrow cracks or gaps in a surface.
The word describes rock faces, bark, skin, or other surfaces marked by fissures: creviced canyon walls, the creviced bark of an old oak.
It suggests texture and age, surfaces weathered or naturally rough rather than smooth.
Split or splintered
- fissuredHaving deep cracks
- splitSeparation into parts
- cleftNarrow vertical split
- rupturedSplit from strain
gapped · rent · cleaved · chapped · broken · splintered · crazed · crackled
Having linear indentations
- furrowedMarked with grooves
- pittedSeed removed, or opposed
- notchedHaving V-shaped cuts
- ridgedHaving raised lines
scored · lined · corrugated · etched · scarred · striated · channeled · seamed
Covered with stones
- mountainousHaving many peaks
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- craggyRough with rocky projections
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
weathered · eroded · rough-hewn · granite · limestone · sandstone · basalt · rockface
fractured
Split or splintered
ruptured · gapped · rent · cleaved · chapped · broken · splintered · crazed · crackled · hairline
grooved
Having linear indentations
ridged · scored · lined · corrugated · etched · scarred · striated · channeled · seamed · rutted
rocky
Covered with stones
- mountainousHaving many peaks
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- craggyRough with rocky projections
jagged · weathered · eroded · rough-hewn · granite · limestone · sandstone · basalt · rockface · escarpment
aged
Advanced in years
worn · patinated · sun-bleached · decayed · crumbling · gnarled
concealed
Made invisible deliberately
harboring · nesting · shadowed · recessed · pocketed · hollowed · refuge · den · nook · lair