roughhew
Shape without finishing
To roughhew is to shape something crudely, cutting away material to create a basic form without finishing or refining it: roughhewn timber, roughhewn beams.
The past participle roughhewn describes things left in this unpolished state.
Figuratively, roughhewn suggests something or someone unrefined but sturdy: a roughhewn frontier character.
Shakespeare gave us There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.
Wood for construction
- lumberSawn wood for building
- beamStructural support member
- plankFlat timber piece
- logSectioned tree trunk
adze · axe · broadaxe · chisel · mallet · sawdust · grain · bark
Solid mass, or impede
outline · contour · profile · preliminary · draft · sketch · model · blank
Not processed or polished
- rawIn original state
- coarseRough in texture
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
rudimentary · primitive · unprocessed · preliminary · incomplete · imperfect · unsanded · jagged
timber
Wood for construction
log · adze · axe · broadaxe · chisel · mallet · sawdust · grain · bark · split
block
Solid mass, or impede
fashion · outline · contour · profile · preliminary · draft · sketch · model · blank · preform
unrefined
Not processed or polished
unpolished · rudimentary · primitive · unprocessed · preliminary · incomplete · imperfect · unsanded · jagged · splintered