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🪡 With a thimble 🔩 Dented surface
thimbled

thimbled

9.8
Marked with many small round dents
  • adjective
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  • The old brass plate was thimbled with tiny dents from years of rough handling.

Examples

  • After dropping the metal cup, she noticed it was thimbled all over its surface.

  • The craftsman examined the thimbled finish and decided to polish the object again.

  • Wow, that is a beautifully thimbled piece of art!

  • Her thimbled dress was the highlight of the evening!

  • The old brass plate was thimbled with tiny dents from years of rough handling.

  • After dropping the metal cup, she noticed it was thimbled all over its surface.

  • The craftsman examined the thimbled finish and decided to polish the object again.

Synonyms

dimpled
vsthimbled
3.5

With small rounded dents on a surface

has small regular puncture-like dents resembling repeated small presses
stippled
vsthimbled
  • Specialized
7.2

A surface covered with many small dots, often made by paint or ink

is about actual tiny pressed dents rather than just a dotted surface pattern

How Dimpled

pitted
4.4
thimbled
9.8
dimpled
3.5
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

thimbled positive

Morphology

thimbled = thimble (transparent) = thimble + ed

Formed by regular suffixation from 'thimble' to mean 'marked in a way like a thimble's impressions', which is directly recoverable from the base.

Etymology

The word thimbled comes from thimble, the little cap used on a thumb for sewing. A helpful way to remember the second meaning is to picture a surface hit many times by a thimble, so 'thimbled' can mean covered in small dents.