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beaten

adjective [before noun]
 
 
/ˈbiː.tən/ US  /-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
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