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permastone

permastone noun: any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface.

Noun

permastone (uncountable)

  1. Any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface.
    • Near-synonym: formstone (broadly synonymous)
    Synonyms:
    formstone[Appendix:Glossary

Synonyms of permastone

  • formstone[Appendix:Glossary

Origin of permastone

A genericization from a trade name of the 1940s, Perma-Stone, itself a proprialization from what had previously been a lexical gap affixation, perma- + stone.

Questions about permastone

What does permastone mean?
Permastone means any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface.
What part of speech is permastone?
Permastone is a noun.

Words near permastone in the dictionary

  1. permasingle
  2. permaslut
  3. permasluts
  4. permasmile
  5. permasmiles
  6. permastone
  7. permastubble
  8. permastuck
  9. permastun
  10. permastunned
  11. permastunning

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