Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: rotted
IPA transcription: [ɹ'ɑtɪd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: decayed, rotten, rotted
    Meaning: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
Usage examples
  • But any cartridges or powder there may once have been had rotted into dust.
  • In one part, carcases of houses, inauspiciously begun and never finished, rotted away.
  • "Might be hollow clear through its length," Tom explained seriously. "The butt might be all rotted out.
  • Then, before anyone could prevent her, the poor Queen beat open the rotted fastening of an old casement window, sprang upon the ledge, and giving one last look of love and tenderness to her unhappy child, leaped down into the sea surging and pounding over the rocks hundreds of feet below.