roughcast
/ˈɹʌfkæst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish.
Transitive verb
adj
Example Sentences
- "The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do."
- "All the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts."
- "They first attached the paper-cuttings directly onto the roughcast of china, then they applied glaze to it."
- "In equal machining of cylindrical cam's groove, roughcast of cylindrical cam is clamped in revolving spindle of NC milling machine."
- "Powder pressing, also known as mould pressing or isostatic pressing, involves processing ceramic powder into components or roughcasts to be sintered to certain sizes, shapes, density, and stiffness."
- "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."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
roughcasts (plural)
roughcasts (present, singular)
roughcasting (participle, present)
roughcasted (common, error unknown tag)
more roughcast (comparative)
most roughcast (superlative)