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noun
Any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: formstone[Appendix:Glossary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: veneer
History
A genericization from a trade name of the 1940s, Perma-Stone, itself a proprialization from what had previously been a lexical gap affixation, perma- + stone.
