cratered

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adjective

Marked by craters.

“The planet had a cratered surface.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of crater
adjectivecratered (comparative more cratered, superlative most cratered)

comparative more cratered · superlative most cratered

  1. Marked by craters.

    The planet had a cratered surface.

    1 more example

    The Mariner photos showed large areas of the red planet to have a much-cratered surface strikingly like that of the moon. Now the computers have clarified some previously undecipherable closeups taken by Mariner 6.

    1969 November, Arthur Fisher, “Science Newsfront: Last-minute news and notes to keep you up-to-date”, in Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 22

Origin

From crater + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cratered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cratered

MLA

“cratered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cratered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cratered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cratered.

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