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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGHCAST

roughcast  [ˈrʌfˌkɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGHCAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Roughcast is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb roughcast in English.

WHAT DOES ROUGHCAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

roughcast

Roughcast

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. The idea is to maintain an even spread, free from lumps, ridges or runs and without missing any background. Roughcasting incorporates the stones in the mix whereas pebbledashing adds them on top. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, roughcast used to be a widespread exterior coating given to the walls of common dwellings and outbuildings, but it is now frequently employed for decorative effect on country houses, especially those built using timber framing. Variety can be obtained on the surface of the wall by small pebbles of different colors, and in the Tudor period fragments of glass were sometimes embedded. Though it is an occasional home-design fad, its general unpopularity in the UK today is estimated to reduce the value of a property by up to 5%.

Definition of roughcast in the English dictionary

The first definition of roughcast in the dictionary is a coarse plaster used to cover the surface of an external wall. Other definition of roughcast is any rough or preliminary form, model, etc. Roughcast is also covered with or denoting roughcast.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROUGHCAST

PRESENT

Present
I roughcast
you roughcast
he/she/it roughcasts
we roughcast
you roughcast
they roughcast
Present continuous
I am roughcasting
you are roughcasting
he/she/it is roughcasting
we are roughcasting
you are roughcasting
they are roughcasting
Present perfect
I have roughcast
you have roughcast
he/she/it has roughcast
we have roughcast
you have roughcast
they have roughcast
Present perfect continuous
I have been roughcasting
you have been roughcasting
he/she/it has been roughcasting
we have been roughcasting
you have been roughcasting
they have been roughcasting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I roughcast
you roughcast
he/she/it roughcast
we roughcast
you roughcast
they roughcast
Past continuous
I was roughcasting
you were roughcasting
he/she/it was roughcasting
we were roughcasting
you were roughcasting
they were roughcasting
Past perfect
I had roughcast
you had roughcast
he/she/it had roughcast
we had roughcast
you had roughcast
they had roughcast
Past perfect continuous
I had been roughcasting
you had been roughcasting
he/she/it had been roughcasting
we had been roughcasting
you had been roughcasting
they had been roughcasting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will roughcast
you will roughcast
he/she/it will roughcast
we will roughcast
you will roughcast
they will roughcast
Future continuous
I will be roughcasting
you will be roughcasting
he/she/it will be roughcasting
we will be roughcasting
you will be roughcasting
they will be roughcasting
Future perfect
I will have roughcast
you will have roughcast
he/she/it will have roughcast
we will have roughcast
you will have roughcast
they will have roughcast
Future perfect continuous
I will have been roughcasting
you will have been roughcasting
he/she/it will have been roughcasting
we will have been roughcasting
you will have been roughcasting
they will have been roughcasting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would roughcast
you would roughcast
he/she/it would roughcast
we would roughcast
you would roughcast
they would roughcast
Conditional continuous
I would be roughcasting
you would be roughcasting
he/she/it would be roughcasting
we would be roughcasting
you would be roughcasting
they would be roughcasting
Conditional perfect
I would have roughcast
you would have roughcast
he/she/it would have roughcast
we would have roughcast
you would have roughcast
they would have roughcast
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been roughcasting
you would have been roughcasting
he/she/it would have been roughcasting
we would have been roughcasting
you would have been roughcasting
they would have been roughcasting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you roughcast
we let´s roughcast
you roughcast
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to roughcast
Past participle
roughcast
Present Participle
roughcasting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROUGHCAST


broadcast
ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst
cablecast
ˈkeɪbəlˌkɑːst
downcast
ˈdaʊnˌkɑːst
forecast
ˈfɔːˌkɑːst
multicast
ˈmʌltɪˌkɑːst
newscast
ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst
nowcast
ˈnaʊˌkɑːst
offcast
ˈɒfˌkɑːst
outcast
ˈaʊtˌkɑːst
overcast
ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst
podcast
ˈpɒdˌkɑːst
precast
ˈpriːˌkɑːst
simulcast
ˈsɪməlˌkɑːst
sportscast
ˈspɔːtsˌkɑːst
subcaste
ˈsʌbˌkɑːst
telecast
ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst
typecast
ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst
vodcast
ˈvɒdˌkɑːst
weathercast
ˈweðərˌkɑːst
webcast
ˈwɛbˌkɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGHCAST

rough-cut
rough-dried
rough-dries
rough-dry
rough-hew
rough-hewn
rough-legged buzzard
rough-spoken
roughage
roughback
roughcaster
roughen
roughened
rougher
roughhouse
roughhousing
roughie
roughies
roughish
roughleg

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGHCAST

Aircast
be cast
cast
die-cast
miscast
mobcast
news broadcast
opencast
outside broadcast
plaster cast
radio broadcast
rebroadcast
recast
sales forecast
sand-cast
shipping forecast
stone cast
television broadcast
the die is cast
weather forecast

Synonyms and antonyms of roughcast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «roughcast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGHCAST

Find out the translation of roughcast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of roughcast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «roughcast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毛坯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

roughcast
570 millions of speakers

English

roughcast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्लास्टर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قصارة خشنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тинки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roughcast
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crépi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Putz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モルタルの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초벌칠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roughcast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

roughcast
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

roughcast
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फिकटपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müsvedde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intonaco rustico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tynk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тинки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tencuiala
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοβάτισμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roughcast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

revertera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sparkel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of roughcast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHCAST»

The term «roughcast» is regularly used and occupies the 101.214 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGHCAST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about roughcast

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGHCAST»

Discover the use of roughcast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to roughcast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Civil Engineering: English-French
Generally, the roughcast is intended for being of use as base to a finishing cement rendering. Syn. with CEMENT RENDERING COAT 2. To rough coat or resurface the facing of a wall. 3. To set up a construction of bricks, quarry stones,  ...
Jean-Paul Kurtz, 2004
2
Estimating for Builders and Surveyors
R D Buchan, Eric Fleming, Fiona Grant. Table 15.5 Range of labour outputs for roughcast work Description Squad hours per 100 m2 Roughcast dry dash 19-24 Roughcast wet dash 22-27 ...
R D Buchan, Eric Fleming, Fiona Grant, 2012
3
Practical Building Conservation: Mortars Plasters and Renders
Left: Limewashed roughcast render. Right: Smooth render incised to resemble ashlar on a 19th-century limestone and chert rubble stone cottage. This was unusual in being left un-limewashed. ROUGHCAST 89 Render finished by throwing a ...
Alison Henry, John Stewart, 2011
4
Beauty of Holiness: Anglicanism and Architecture in Colonial ...
walled tabby with scored roughcast in emulation of stone. The church of St. James, Goose Creek, and Strawberry Chapel in St. John's, Berkeley, are also coated in roughcast, although in these cases the treatment likely dates from the early ...
Louis P. Nelson, 2009
5
DIY For Dummies, UK Edition
Some houses, especially those built in the 1930s, are characterised by having some areas of face brickwork, and other areas rendered, or finished with pebbledash or roughcast. Pebbledashing is a layer of dry shingle thrown against the final ...
Jeff Howell, 2010
6
Materials and Skills for Historic Building Conservation
Roughcast weathers well because of its large surface area, absorbing run-off of rain at vulnerable points on the building, for example under windows, while allowing rapid evaporation from any damp areas. it is robust owing to the largest  ...
Michael Forsyth, 2013
7
Air Distribution in Rooms: Ventilation for Health and ...
These textures were selected for their occurrences in the building as well as their apparent differences in behaviour with respect to particle deposition : wood ( rough surface of agglomerate), roughcast and carpet (with cut velvet). The first three ...
H. B. Awbi, 2000
8
An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, ...
In the country, for the exterior coating of dwellings and out -buildings, a species of plastering is used called roughcast. It is cheaper than stucco or Parker's cement, and therefore suitable to such purposes. In the process of executing it, the wall ...
Joseph Gwilt, 1842
9
Intelligent Information and Database Systems: Third ...
Third International Conference, ACIIDS 2011, Daegu, Korea, April 20-22, 2011, Proceedings Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Chong-Gun Kim, Adam Janiak. 4.1 Knowledge Base for the RoughCast System The knowledge base created for the  ...
Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Chong-Gun Kim, Adam Janiak, 2011
10
The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
ROUGHCAST. n. s. [rough and cast.] 1. A rude model ; a form in its rudiments. — The whose piece seems a loose model and roughcast of what I design to do. Digby. a. A kind of plaster mixed with pebbles, or by some other cause very uneven ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGHCAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term roughcast is used in the context of the following news items.
1
RoughCast rounds out tour in Rushall
The final performance in the RoughCast Theatre Company's tour of the classic William Shakespeare play As You Like It arrives in Rushall tomorrow. One of the ... «Diss Express, Jul 15»
2
Shakespeare comedy tour commences
The RoughCast dramatics society is presenting one of William Shakespeare's most loved comedic plays to numerous venues across Norfolk and Suffolk later ... «Diss Express, Jul 15»
3
Ayr's Newton Tower is sadly neglected
Paint on all four sides is covered in grime and peeling, roughcast has fallen to the ground and two windows on the front and one at the rear are cracked. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
4
FRAR transforms a dilapidated French house and barn into a …
A roughcast plaster was applied to the facades to match the other houses on the street, and solid-oak shutters were added to the windows to provide a warm and ... «Dezeen, Jun 15»
5
Building Briefs – April 7th
The works will include the installation of external wall insulation and new roughcast to the buildings as well as the fitting of new down pipes and guttering. «Scottish Construction Now, Apr 15»
6
Vale Rough Habit
By American stallion Roughcast out of certain Habit, Rough Habit had his first start in a 1200m Woodville maiden, finishing second, and his 74th and final start in ... «Racing.com, Nov 14»
7
Family home with no insulation excluded from mass social housing …
Thirty-eight homes were originally earmarked to be upgraded with new roughcast and cavity insulation — and the council expanded the programme to 59 ... «Clydebank Post, Oct 14»
8
Cowal firm wins Bute ACHA contract
Longhill Terrace in Rothesay, one of the Bute locations where properties owned by ACHA are to receive roof, roughcasting and external insulation works. «Buteman, Aug 14»
9
Poor workmanship blamed for roughcasting problems at Balmossie …
The problem with discoloured and cracking roughcasting came to light some time after the estate — comprising mainly family dwellings costing upwards of ... «The Courier, Jan 14»
10
Try out unique wall finishes
One of the commonest finishes is roughcast. One of the reasons this is usually preferred is that it is relatively cheaper than other wall finishes. Once installed ... «New Vision, Mar 13»

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