weathered

adjective

weath·​ered ˈwe-t͟hərd How to pronounce weathered (audio)
1
: seasoned by exposure to the weather
2
: altered in color, texture, composition, or form by such exposure or by artificial means producing a similar effect
weathered oak

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Police received permission to send the remains to a lab specializing in extracting DNA from weathered bones. Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 The neighborhood is home to Brooklyn’s largest public-housing complex, a Tesla dealership, the only IKEA in the five boroughs, and modern brutalist condos alongside weathered cottages, remnants of the nineteenth-century maritime trade. Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Florida may have top-tier white-tablecloth coastal cuisine, but some of the freshest seafood in the state comes in a paper basket at a weathered picnic table. Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 15 May 2025 The weathered grain silos, once part of the farm’s infrastructure, sparked the idea for a unique residential conversion. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for weathered

Word History

First Known Use

1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of weathered was in 1789

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“Weathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weathered. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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