hewn
Cut by blade
Hewn is the past participle of hew, meaning shaped or cut with heavy blows from an axe or similar tool.
Hewn timber shows the marks of rough shaping: hewn logs, hewn beams.
Stone can also be hewn: a chapel hewn from solid rock.
The word carries connotations of laborious, deliberate work—something hewn was made by hand, not machine.
Pit for extracting rock
- chiselEdged carving implement
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
- ashlarPrecision-cut building stone
- slabThick flat piece
block · boulder · granite · basalt · limestone · marble · flagstone · cobblestone
Shaped three-dimensional art
- reliefEasing of distress
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- inscriptionText permanently marked
- effigySculpted human representation
frieze · statue · engraving · chiseled · sculpted · etched · artisan · stonecutter
Sawn wood for building
- beamsRays or supports
- planksFlat construction lumber pieces
- logsCut wood sections
- raftersSloped roof beams
joists · woodwork · axe · adze · broadaxe · sawmill · hardwood · oak
Tough and uneven
- coarseRough in texture
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- texturedHaving tactile surface quality
raw · splintered · gnarled · uneven · rustic · primitive · crude · unfinished
Large prehistoric monument stone
- monolithHuge solitary standing stone
- dolmenMegalithic stone tomb
- templeSacred worship structure
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
ruin · antiquity · prehistoric · ancestral · primordial · archaeological · artifact · monument
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
slab · block · boulder · granite · basalt · limestone · marble · flagstone · cobblestone · monolith
sculpture
Shaped three-dimensional art
- reliefEasing of distress
- bas-reliefSculpture projecting slightly
- inscriptionText permanently marked
effigy · frieze · statue · engraving · chiseled · sculpted · etched · artisan · stonecutter · woodcarver
lumber
Sawn wood for building
rafters · joists · woodwork · axe · adze · broadaxe · sawmill · hardwood · oak · cedar
rugged
Tough and uneven
- coarseRough in texture
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
textured · raw · splintered · gnarled · uneven · rustic · primitive · crude · unfinished
megalith
Large prehistoric monument stone
tomb · ruin · antiquity · prehistoric · ancestral · primordial · archaeological · artifact · monument · pyramid