striated

[ strahy-ey-tid ]

adjective

1. marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.

Other Words From

• sub·striat·ed adjective
• un·striat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of striated¹

First recorded in 1640–50; striate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Once there, you can hike, bike or drive a 13-mile loop through a landscape of stacked and tumbled boulders, some fiery red, some chalky white, many so strangely striated that you may suspect they’ve been scrubbed with steel wool.

From Los Angeles Times

Once there, you can hike, bike or drive a 13-mile loop through a landscape of stacked and tumbled boulders, some fiery red, some chalky white, many so strangely striated that you may suspect they’ve been scrubbed with steel wool.

From Los Angeles Times

Visitors come to explore the Taroko Gorge, a striated marble canyon carved by the Liwu River, which cuts through mountains that rise steeply from the coast.

From New York Times

Made of clay, it was wedged above a human skull and surrounded by fragments of a striated wig.

From New York Times

Now, researchers in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering report that the non-allergenic wheat protein glutenin successfully grew striated muscle layers and flat fat layers, which could be combined to produce meat-like textures.

From Science Daily