English Explanatory Dictionary

formstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plasterlike artificial stone compound made to resemble stone (rock); the stonelike (rocklike) veneer thus produced.

Word forms

formstone

Etymology

A genericization from a trade name of the 1940s, FormStone, itself a proprialization from what had previously been a lexical gap compound, form + stone.

Synonyms

permastone[Appendix:Glossary

Related words

cementacious cementitious composition stone
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