Definition of bestrewn
:having a scattered covering of something
- a path bestrewn with flowers/pebbles
- a table bestrewn with papers
- In my day the little hill on which the Washington Monument stands was still bestrewn with large chips of marble left by the builders.
- —H. L. Mencken
- I expected it to be a dive, dark and dank and bestrewn.
- —Ian Frazier
- {psl}figurative{/psl} … is bestrewn with critical jargon and pomposities …
- —Peter Kemp
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