👥 Group of actors ➡️ To throw or send 🎭 To assign roles 🗳️ To submit a vote 🦴 A hard cover ⚒️ To shape by pouring 🧥 To remove 🎲 To choose randomly 📺 To stream media 🙂 Shape or form 🗿 A shaped object 🤢 To vomit 🧊 A mold container 🎣 Throwing a line 🏹 A strong throw 🎲 Throwing dice

cast

12 4.5

An object made by pouring liquid into a mold until it becomes hard

noun
/kæst/

Specialized

: vaciado

Roy, make a plaster cast of this, okay?
a plaster cast
make casts
collection of plaster casts

Well, it looks like a cast of a Saber tooth cat skull.

Examples

After the competition, they made a cast of the winner's hand for the trophy display.
And to our knowledge, it's the only existing print, the only existing cast of that year and time.

Boggy Creek Monster (2016)
This is the largest cast bronze structure ever created.
A cast of this work was placed next to his tomb.

Midnight in Paris (2011)
They made a plaster cast of Matt's head.

Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
The medallion hung heavily on its chain, still encased in a cast of solid white paste.

Fiction book (1992)
The sculptor created a beautiful cast of the statue using bronze.
The dentist took a cast of my teeth to ensure the best fit for my braces.

Synonyms

casting

vscast

7 4.1

An object made by pouring liquid into a mold that hardens

has the same meaning but is an alternative form of the same noun

Idioms

to cast the first stone

Literature

6 7.7

To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault

to cast a pall

4 8.2

Make a meeting or event feel gloomy and sad

to cast a shadow

4 6.2

Make a person, event, or situation seem less happy and less hopeful

to cast a wider net

3 4.2

To look in more places to find someone or something

to cast a chill

8.2

Make people feel uneasy, disappointed or uncomfortable

to cast bread upon the waters

Archaic

9.9

Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later

cast in concrete

6.7

Fixed and not able to be changed

to cast in someone's teeth

Informal

9.9

To hurt someone by reminding them of an embarrassing thing they did

to cast pearls before swine

Literature

9.5

To give something valuable to people who do not appreciate it

to cast up one's accounts

9.3

To add up the money someone gets and spends to find the total

Compounds

cast of characters

14 3.4

A group of actors who perform in a play or film

cast iron

Specialized

12 3.7

A very hard but brittle metal made by melting iron and pouring it into molds

plaster cast

Specialized

3 3.1

A hard shell of plaster that keeps a broken bone still while it heals

cast-off

1 4.5

A thing, often clothing, that someone has thrown away

Caucasian cast

6.9

A group of actors who are mostly white

cast-iron plant

7.2

A very hardy houseplant that has long green leaves and needs little care

alloy cast iron

Specialized

6.0

A type of cast iron made by adding other metals to make it stronger and resist wear

leaf cast

9.9

A disease of evergreen trees like pines that makes their needles fall early

needle cast

Specialized

7.9

A disease of pine and spruce trees that makes their needles turn brown and fall early

soft-cast steel

Specialized

5.1

Steel with very little carbon that is easy to shape

Surface Forms

cast singular

casts plural

Etymology

Cast as an object made in a mold comes from the process called casting, where liquid is poured and then set into a shape. So a cast is the thing you get after the mold hardens into the desired form.