sand-cast

American  

[sand-kast, -kahst] / ˈsændˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /

verb (used with object)

sand-cast, sand-casting

1. to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into sand molds.

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sand-cast British  

verb

1. (tr) to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into a mould of sand

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Other Word Forms

• sand casting noun
• sand-casting noun

Etymology

Origin of sand-cast

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

The 49-year-old Jadot says his aim is to create an “autonomous hive” in which craftspeople can exhibit together — last month, most of Zaventem’s members showed their work at the second annual Collectible, a design fair in Brussels — and occasionally collaborate: Declercq recently teamed up with Slavov on a lamp made of black wood and sand-cast bronze for Declercq’s spring collection.

From New York Times

They were fabricated from sand-cast sheets of clear polycarbonate.

From Los Angeles Times

Bonnie B. Collier fills a box with sprouting potatoes made of clay; Joan Danziger uses similar material to beget a merry-go-round frog; and Marie Ringwald edges a sand-cast cross in neon.

From Washington Post

In the dining room, a sand-cast Murano glass chandelier by Lusive Lighting hangs from a metallic, silver-painted ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times

The group of third-graders from Southside also gathered under the Large Arch on the Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza and looked above at the sand-cast bronze creation.

From Washington Times