castoff en · ADJ
Etymology
Deverbal from cast off.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Discarded, rejected.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cast-off | alternative | lexicographic |
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castoff en · NOUN
Etymology
Deverbal from cast off.
Meanings
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Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.
Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.
2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| castoffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| cast-off | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
mi paruranga (anything rejected)