Drvený

Drvený is a Czech and Slovak adjective meaning crushed, ground, or pulverized, describing material that has been mechanically reduced in size. It is used to indicate the state of a substance after the process of breaking, grinding, or milling, as opposed to its original, intact form. The term is commonly applied to inorganic materials such as stones, ores, and metals, but can also refer to other substances that have been reduced to smaller fragments or powder.

The word is derived from the verb drvit or drviť, both meaning to crush or grind. In linguistic terms, drvený forms part of the present participle family that conveys the resulting condition of having undergone crushing. In practice, drvený is often paired with a noun to produce a compound describing the processed material, for example drvený kámen (crushed stone) or drvená ruda (crushed ore). The related noun drvenie denotes the act or process of crushing.

Common contexts where drvený appears include construction and civil engineering (drvený kamenivo, crushed aggregate), mining and metallurgy (drvené rudy, crushed ore; drvený kov, crushed metal), and manufacturing processes that require size reduction.

See also: drviť, drvenie, drvený kámen, drvená ruda. The term is primarily regional to Czech and Slovak usage and may have analogous counterparts in other Slavic languages describing particulate material produced by fragmentation.