formstone
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]formstone (uncountable)
- 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.