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pitted

pitted

4.4
Having many small holes on the surface like a honeycomb
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪtɪd/
translation icon : picado
  • The old stone wall was pitted with tiny holes from years of weathering.

If you are like me and have like bumpy like acne, pitted scarring skin.

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Examples

  • Some of these leaves down here were kind of getting a little pitted from from some bug damage and things like that.

  • My skin has texture in large pores, pitted acne scarring.

  • My head is a cracked and pitted bell, or only the crack within the bell.

  • An Ant particular variety scurries over pitted marble.

    Harvard University

  • Then we came on to the fourth dike, turned and descended on our left down to the pitted and narrow bottom.

  • It does clip on and stuff like it should do, but it's just, you can see there it's quite hold and pitted and stuff like that.

  • If you are like me and have like bumpy like acne, pitted scarring skin.

    Edward Avila

  • It looks quite the case and stuff looks quite pitted and stuff, so maybe hasn't been waterproof in there many, many years.

  • He examined the pitted surface of the ancient pottery for clues about its history.

  • The pitted metal surface of the car showed signs of corrosion and neglect.

Synonyms

honeycombed
vspitted
1 4.9

Full of many small holes like those bees make

is about many small surface cavities rather than whole internal structure
potholed
vspitted
1 5.5

A road with many holes that is rough to drive on

is about small, closely packed surface cavities, not only rough road damage
faveolate
vspitted
  • Specialized
9.9

A surface with many small honeycomb-like holes

is similar but emphasizes surface marking over a technical term
cavitied
vspitted
  • Specialized
9.9

Having many small holes like a honeycomb

is a general surface condition rather than naming tiny internal cells
alveolate
vspitted
  • Specialized
9.9

Having small hollow spaces like a honeycomb

is the everyday description focusing on visible surface holes
cratered
vspitted
4.5

Having many deep round holes like those on the Moon

refers to many small, shallow surface cavities rather than large depressions
holed
vspitted
3.6

A thing with holes from damage or wear

means many small closely spaced surface cavities rather than isolated holes

Antonyms

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

unblemished
7 5.1

Free from any marks, damage, or bad actions

How Pitted

honeycombed
1 4.9
pitted
4.4
dimpled
3.5

Surface Forms

pitted positive

Morphology

pitted = pit (semi-transparent) = pit + ed

The word is derived from 'pit' with the suffix '-ed', but the specific meaning of having many small holes is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

Pitted comes from the simple word pit, which means a 'hole' or the hard 'stone' inside a fruit, like a cherry. So, something pitted is covered with many small holes or little 'pits', which explains why we call a rough, hole-filled surface 'pitted'.