Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roughcast

2 senses of roughcast

Sense 1
roughcast -- (a coarse plaster for the surface of external walls)
       => plaster -- (a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings)

Sense 2
roughcast -- (a rough preliminary model)
       => model, simulation -- (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb roughcast

3 senses of roughcast

Sense 1
roughcast -- (shape roughly)
       => shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge -- (make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword")

Sense 2
roughcast -- (apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall")
       => plaster, daub -- (coat with plaster; "daub the wall")

Sense 3
rough-hew, roughcast -- (hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber")
       => hew, hew out -- (make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock")