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pitted

pitted

6 4.4
Having many small holes on the surface like a honeycomb
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪtɪd/
: 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
3 4.9

Full of many small holes like those bees make

is about many small surface cavities rather than whole internal structure
holed
vspitted
2 3.6

A thing with holes from damage or wear

means many small closely spaced surface cavities rather than isolated holes
cratered
vspitted
2 4.5

Having many deep round holes like those on the Moon

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

Antonyms

smooth
224 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
3 4.9
pockmarked
6 7.4
pitted
6 4.4
dimpled
5 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'.