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roughcasts

roughcasts is the plural of roughcast.

Meaning of roughcast

Noun

roughcast (countable and uncountable, plural roughcasts)

  1. A crude model.
    • The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do.1644, Kenelme [i.e., Kenelm] Digby, Two Treatises. In the One of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked into: In Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of...
  2. A rough surface finish, as of a plaster or stucco wall.
    • The branches met overhead in a kind of bower and the three cops stood in the shade and studied the roughcast gable of the cottage, maybe fifty yards on up the hill.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 444
    Synonyms:
    pebbledash
  3. A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall.

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What is roughcasts the plural of?
Roughcasts is the plural of roughcast.

Words near roughcasts in the dictionary

  1. roughcast
  2. roughcasted
  3. roughcaster
  4. roughcasters
  5. roughcasting
  6. roughcasts
  7. roughdraw
  8. roughdrawing
  9. roughdrawn
  10. roughdraws
  11. roughdrew

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