die casting

American  

noun

Metallurgy.

1. a process in which molten metal is forced into metallic molds under hydraulic pressure to shape it, form objects, etc.

2. an article made by this process.

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Other Word Forms

• die-casting
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of die casting

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

These ingots were then sent to Falcon Lakeside Manufacturing in Michigan, where they were melted and cast into automotive components using high pressure die casting.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Golf cart-like vehicles guide tourists through a whir of mechanical arms and machines die casting, stamping and assembling car bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

At factories in Japan's industrial heartland, Toyota has turned to self-propelled assembly lines, massive die casting and even old-fashioned hand polishing as it aims to make up for lost ground in battery electric vehicles.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

Workers at an aluminum die casting factory in Coimbatore, India.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023

There had been, first, the fear that Craig would die, casting its grisly shadow across the floor; and this had woven with the dread, that never lessened, of the moment when he should recover consciousness.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie