rough shape

collocation in English

meaningsofroughandshape

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rough
adjective
uk
/rʌf/us
/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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shape
noun
uk
/ʃeɪp/us
/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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(Definition ofroughandshapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrough shape

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The print is inroughshape; several frames are out of alignment, at times, while the whole picture looks bleached out and very fuzzy.
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Thisroughshapeis referred to as a sunobe.
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The foam is molded into a blank, in theroughshapeof a surfboard.
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The club was inroughshape, financially strapped and competing in the second-tier level.
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Due to the shape of the pit, the front side of the bone cracked in aroughshape.
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She was in prettyroughshape(tires flat, holes in floorboard and window broken).
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A network of trails sprang up, connecting the claims and settlements, but many were in veryroughshape.
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However, there are still numerous old structures inroughshapethat are located along the eastern side of the route.
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Pieces of ore with high concentrations of copper were initially pounded into aroughshape, heated to reduce brittleness, pounded again to refine the shape, and reheated.
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Apollo reports they are alive, but inroughshape.
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He also cautions that some of the tracks sometimes suffer from unavoidably poor sound quality due to the extremelyroughshapeof the only surviving original copies.
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Both sites are now becoming tourist attractions, but the road to reach them, built in 1907 at the cost of many human lives, is inroughshape.
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There was a smith to forge theroughshape, often a second smith (apprentice) to fold the metal, a specialist polisher, and even a specialist for the edge itself.
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