sand-cast

[ sand-kast, -kahst ]

verb (used with object),sand-cast, sand-cast·ing.
  1. to produce (a casting) by pouring molten metal into sand molds.

Origin of sand-cast

1
First 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
  1. (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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