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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive