castoff

castoff
Synonyms and related words:
castaway, deep six, derelict, discard, discarding, disposal, dogie, dumping, elimination, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, foundling, jetsam, jettison, junk, junking, lagan, orphan, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, removal, rubbish, scrapping, throwaway, trash, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel

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  • castoff — index discard Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • castoff — [kast′ôf΄] adj. thrown away; discarded; abandoned n. 1. a person or thing cast off 2. Printing an estimate of the lines or pages of type to be set from a given amount of copy …   English World dictionary

  • castoff — /kast awf , of , kahst /, adj. 1. thrown away; rejected; discarded: castoff clothing. n. 2. a person or thing that has been cast off. 3. Print. the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type. [1735 45; adj., n.… …   Universalium

  • castoff — noun see cast off …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • castoff — 1. noun something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject 2. adjective discarded or rejected …   Wiktionary

  • castoff — see cast off …   English dictionary

  • castoff — adj. used, second hand; thrown away n. person or thing that has been discarded, person or thing that has been rejected …   English contemporary dictionary

  • castoff — offcast …   Anagrams dictionary

  • castoff — cast·off …   English syllables

  • castoff — cast•off [[t]ˈkæstˌɔf, ˌɒf, ˈkɑst [/t]] adj. 1) thrown away; discarded 2) one that has been cast off 3) pri the estimate by a compositor of how many pages copy will occupy when set in type • Etymology: 1735–45 …   From formal English to slang

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