sand-cast
[ sand-kast, -kahst ]
verb (used with object),sand-cast, sand-cast·ing.
to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into sand molds.
Origin of sand-cast
1First recorded in 1945–50
Other words from sand-cast
- sand casting, noun
Words Nearby sand-cast
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How to use sand-cast in a sentence
It is as if the various groups had been written on a blackboard and a handful of sand cast over the names.
The Nature of Animal Light | E. Newton Harvey
British Dictionary definitions for sand-cast
sand-cast
verb-casts, -casting or -cast
(tr) to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into a mould of sand
Derived forms of sand-cast
- sand-casting, noun
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