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The phrase "a rough shape of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an approximate or incomplete form or outline of something.
Example: "The artist presented a rough shape of the sculpture before finalizing the details."
Alternatives: "an approximate outline of" or "a basic form of".
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Draw a rough shape of half of a heart.
Start by sketching a rough shape of a petal by drawing a circle.
Spread the tobacco out evenly on the rolling surface into a rough shape of the finished product.
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You do not want raw sides, and you do not want to have a funny piece of chicken, set in a rough shape from another piece of chicken squashing it while it was cooking.
"I start pinching off bits until I kind of get a rough shape," Morical says.
Pieces of ore with high concentrations of copper were initially pounded into a rough shape, heated to reduce brittleness, pounded again to refine the shape, and reheated.
On Thursday, the fruits of that effort were beginning to take a rough shape.
Fine Arts- Create a collage (in the rough shape of a cow) that tells the story of a culture or religion in which worship of cattle plays a significant role.
She hadn't found it until the second day, yesterday, and it was striking once she'd found it, and inescapable now — an object at the top of the painting, just left of center, a tree perhaps, in the rough shape of a cross.
Cut a 20 centimetre (8 inch) length of pine and sand it into the rough shape of a handle.
Tomorrow's Party, by Sadie Laska, is a painterly take on a full tuxedo, with spray paint applied onto PVA and aluminum cut to the rough shape of a tuxedo outfit, at approximately twice the normal size.
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