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formstone

formstone noun: a plasterlike artificial stone compound made to resemble stone (rock); the stonelike (rocklike) veneer thus produced.

Noun

formstone (uncountable)

  1. A plasterlike artificial stone compound made to resemble stone (rock); the stonelike (rocklike) veneer thus produced.
    • Near-synonym: permastone (broadly synonymous)
    • He turned into Singleton and found a block of row houses that gave a sense of having been skimped on. […] Most were covered in formstone, but the bricks of Number 16 had been painted a rubbery maroon.1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 199
    Synonyms:
    permastone[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of formstone

  • permastone[Appendix:Glossary

Origin of formstone

A genericization from a trade name of the 1940s, FormStone, itself a proprialization from what had previously been a lexical gap compound, form + stone.

Questions about formstone

What does formstone mean?
Formstone means a plasterlike artificial stone compound made to resemble stone (rock); the stonelike (rocklike) veneer thus produced.
What part of speech is formstone?
Formstone is a noun.

Words near formstone in the dictionary

  1. formroom
  2. formrooms
  3. forms
  4. forms of address
  5. forms of government
  6. formstone
  7. formula
  8. Formula 1
  9. Formula One
  10. formula racing
  11. formula unit

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