roughcast

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrʌfkɑːst/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ruf′kast′, -käst′)

Inflections of 'roughcast' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
roughcasts
v 3rd person singular
roughcasting
v pres p
roughcast
v past
roughcast
v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
rough•cast  (ruf′kast′, -käst′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cast, -cast•ing. 
n. 
  1. BuildingAlso called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Cf. pebble dash. 
  2. a crudely formed pattern or model.

v.t. 
  1. Buildingto cover or coat with roughcast.
  2. to make, shape, or prepare in a rough form:to roughcast a story.
  • rough + cast 1510–20
rough′cast′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
roughcast /ˈrʌfˌkɑːst/ n
  1. a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall
  2. any rough or preliminary form, model, etc
 adj
  1. covered with or denoting roughcast
 vb ( -casts, -casting, -cast)
  1. to apply roughcast to (a wall, etc)
  2. to prepare in rough
  3. (transitive)
    another word for rough-hew
ˈroughˌcaster n
'roughcast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
slapdash - spatterdash - pebble dash - slab dashing - spatter dash

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