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- Dictionaryroughcast/ˈrʌfkɑːst/
noun
- 1. plaster of lime, cement, and gravel, used on outside walls.
adjective
- 1. (of a building or part of a building) coated with roughcast.
- 2. (of a person) lacking refinement: "she thought of the roughcast yeomen she would meet"
verb
- 1. coat (a wall) with roughcast: "the walls were roughcast as in an underground garage"
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ROUGHCAST definition: 1. a mixture of water, sand, lime, and small stones, used to cover the outside of buildings 2. a…. Learn more.
The meaning of ROUGHCAST is to plaster with roughcast. How to use roughcast in a sentence.
noun. 1. a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall. 2. any rough or preliminary form, model, etc. adjective. 3. covered with or denoting roughcast. verb Word forms: -casts, -casting, -cast. 4. to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc) 5. to prepare in rough. 6. (transitive) another word for rough-hew. Collins English Dictionary.
roughcast meaning: 1. a mixture of water, sand, lime, and small stones, used to cover the outside of buildings 2. a…. Learn more.
Roughcast or pebbledash is a coarse plaster surface used on outside walls that consists of lime and sometimes cement mixed with sand, small gravel and often pebbles or shells. The materials are mixed into a slurry and are then thrown at the working surface with a trowel or scoop.
1. A coarse plaster of lime, shells, and pebbles used for outside wall surfaces. 2. A rough preliminary model or form. tr.v. rough·cast, rough·cast·ing, rough·casts. 1. To plaster (a wall, for example) with roughcast. 2. To shape or work into a rough or preliminary form.
Roughcast definition: an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall.. See examples of ROUGHCAST used in a sentence.
/ˌrʌfˈkæst/ IPA guide. Definitions of roughcast. noun. a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls. see more. verb. apply roughcast to. “ roughcast a wall” see more. verb. hew roughly, without finishing the surface. synonyms: rough-hew. see more. noun. a rough preliminary model. see more. verb. shape roughly. see more. Cite this entry.
Roughcast definition: A coarse plaster of lime, shells, and pebbles used for outside wall surfaces.
Definition of roughcast adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
