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ROUGH-CUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rough-cut mean?
• ROUGH-CUT (adjective)
The adjective ROUGH-CUT has 2 senses:
1. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
2. of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
Familiarity information: ROUGH-CUT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Synonyms:
coarse; common; rough-cut; uncouth; vulgar
Context example:
the vulgar display of the newly rich
Similar:
unrefined ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing
Synonyms:
rough-cut; roughhewn
Similar:
unfinished (not brought to the desired final state)
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