beaten
adjective [before noun] /ˈbiː.tən/
/-t̬ən/ Definition
› describes gold or another metal that has been made flat by having been hit repeatedly with a hard object: She was wearing a necklace of beaten gold.Metals and metalworkingChemical elements › describes a path or track that people walk along regularly so that the ground has become hard and the path is clearHabitual and customary
(Definition of beaten adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accustomed adjective
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as often as not idiom
- habitual adjective
- inveterate adjective
- knee-jerk adjective
- make it a rule idiom
- mechanical adjective (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
- mechanically adverb (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
- more often than not idiom
- normally adverb
- ordinarily adverb
- prevail verb
- pro forma adjective, adverb
- regulation adjective
- surprise, surprise idiom
- territory noun (SUBJECT)
- the rule idiom
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