unhewn
Still in roughness
Unhewn describes stone, wood, or other material in its rough, natural state—not yet shaped or smoothed by cutting tools.
Unhewn logs formed the cabin walls.
The word appears most often in descriptions of rustic construction or ancient monuments: The dolmen was built from massive unhewn stones.
Not shaped by tools
- uncutNot reduced or shortened
- unshapedWithout defined form
- unformedWithout developed structure
- untouchedNot contacted or affected
organic · weathered · eroded · glacial · volcanic · natural · wild · rugged
Pit for extracting rock
- boulderLarge weathered stone
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- slabThick flat piece
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
marble · limestone · basalt · cobblestone · bedrock · flagstone · monolith · megalith
Before documented civilization
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
ancient · tribal · rudimentary · elemental · megalithic · dolmen · crude · unworked
Pure and untouched
- virginOne sexually inexperienced
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
- intactNot damaged or altered
- undisturbedFree from interference
unmarred · unblemished · unworked · unprocessed · unaltered · unmodified · raw · original
uncarved
Not shaped by tools
untouched · organic · weathered · eroded · glacial · volcanic · natural · wild · rugged · jagged
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
granite · marble · limestone · basalt · cobblestone · bedrock · flagstone · monolith · megalith · dolmen
prehistoric
Before documented civilization
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- ancestralOf one's forebears
archaic · ancient · tribal · rudimentary · elemental · megalithic · dolmen · crude · unworked · rough
pristine
Pure and untouched
undisturbed · unmarred · unblemished · unworked · unprocessed · unaltered · unmodified · raw · original · pure