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The project would include 17 miles of earthen levee and about a mile of T-wall, built to an elevation of 16 to 19 feet above sea level.
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The tents would replace makeshift dwellings of bedsheets and irregular pieces of plastic, hanging from ropes above earthen floors.
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Someone explains to me that people are frantically digging earthen barriers to protect their homes and their families from suicide car bombers.
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The Israeli military released video showing a row of snipers perched on a high earthen embankment facing the Gaza crowd in one location.
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Experts will inspect a small earthen dam in Tuolumne County in Northern California after a leak detected on the dam face Thursday triggered a rapid evacuation downstream, officials said.
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These earthen cascades have already killed 21 people in California this year.
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City officials are employing everything from earthen dikes to water-permeable pavement to tame the rising waters.
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Also displaying rustic visuals is the road itself, trimmed with stone-like textures, earthen colors and sweeping lines, all meant to be in harmony with the Wekiva River’s nature.
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First Known Use of earthen
13th century
EARTHEN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of earthen for English Language Learners
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: made of earth or of baked clay
EARTHEN Defined for Kids
Definition of earthen for Students
: made of earth or of baked clay
- an earthen dam
- an earthen jar
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