roughcast
Collocations
5ADJ.
fresh, loose, whole
VERB + ROUGHCAST
looking, model
ROUGHCAST + NOUN
apartment, china, group
PREP.
onto
ADV.
directly, then, then
Definitions
noun
A crude model.
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.
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.
A mixture of pebbles or similar material used to finish a plaster or concrete wall.
verb
To shape crudely; to form in its first rudiments, without correction or polish.
This rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years
Nor bodily, nor ghostly negro could / Rough-ccast thy figure in a sadder mould.
To apply a roughcast finish to.
to roughcast a wall or building
adj
Unpolished.
A brilliant blaze, kindled with dry wood, enlightened the whole interior of this fresh looking, roughcast, timbered apartment.
Understand: I'm a roughcast fly fisherman, an empirical self-taught duffer.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — hew roughly, without finishing the surface
- rough-hew
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The whole piece […]seems […]a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do.
WiktionaryAll the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts.
WiktionaryThey first attached the paper-cuttings directly onto the roughcast of china, then they applied glaze to it.
WiktionaryThis rough cast unhewn poetry was instead of stage plays for 120 years
WiktionaryNor bodily, nor ghostly negro could / Rough-ccast thy figure in a sadder mould.
WiktionaryDutt (1913) states that madraspatanum wasps build all their cells and then roughcast the whole group together, i.e. that they make a crepissage.
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