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formstone

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Etymology

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From form +‎ stone.

Noun

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formstone (uncountable)

  1. A plaster compound creating the trompe l'oeil appearance of rock.
    • 1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, Knopf, →ISBN, page 199:
      He turned into Singleton and found a block of row houses that gave a sense of having been skimped on. [] Most were covered in formstone, but the bricks of Number 16 had been painted a rubbery maroon.

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