"castoff" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Deverbal from cast off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|cast off}} Deverbal from cast off Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} castoff (not comparable)
  1. discarded, rejected. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-castoff-en-adj-9tcm8F6F Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cast-off

Noun [English]

Forms: castoffs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from cast off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|cast off}} Deverbal from cast off Head templates: {{en-noun}} castoff (plural castoffs)
  1. Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.
    Sense id: en-castoff-en-noun-M6~KSELB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cast-off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from cast off",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from cast off.",
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      "form": "castoffs",
      "tags": [
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject."
      ],
      "id": "en-castoff-en-noun-M6~KSELB",
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          "rejected",
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          "discarded",
          "discarded"
        ],
        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cast-off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castoff"
}

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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "58 42",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "68 32",
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        "discarded, rejected."
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    }
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject."
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    }
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      ],
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          "discarded",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "cast-off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castoff"
}

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