cratered

English

Etymology

From crater + -ed.

Verb

cratered

1. simple past and past participle of crater

Adjective

cratered (comparative more cratered, superlative most cratered)

1. Marked by craters.

   The planet had a cratered surface.

   • 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:

     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.

Anagrams

• arrected, recrated, retraced, terraced