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roughout

roughout noun: the process of roughing out; anything that has been thus roughed out.

Noun

roughout (plural roughouts)

  1. The process of roughing out; anything that has been thus roughed out.
    • We distinguish three types of flakes that reflect the principal changes of the state of the shaped tool, from the unworked raw material volume to the finished tool, passing through the roughout and preform phases.2015 July 11, “The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort at Sibudu and Blombos: Understanding Middle Stone Age Technologies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of roughout

pluralroughouts

Origin of roughout

Deverbal from rough out.

Questions about roughout

What does roughout mean?
Roughout means the process of roughing out; anything that has been thus roughed out.
What part of speech is roughout?
Roughout is a noun.
What is the plural of roughout?
The plural of roughout is roughouts.

Words near roughout in the dictionary

  1. roughness length
  2. roughness lengths
  3. roughnesses
  4. roughometer
  5. roughometers
  6. roughout
  7. roughouts
  8. roughride
  9. roughrider
  10. roughriders
  11. roughrides

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