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 lines were the filed-down ridges of bronze that seep between the pieces of a mold when a statue has been sand-cast in sections, but this technique was not developed until the 14th century.

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San Francisco's Candles to Burn features sand-cast candles in the form of owls and mushrooms that can be refilled when the candle inside has burned itself out.

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It's a full works bike, so it's a sand-cast motor.

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He has sand-cast a 100-ton bas-relief for a Hartford, Conn., insurance company, carved out abstract fountains and reliefs in raw concrete for the late Eero Saarinen's brace of new colleges at Yale.

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