"castoff" meaning in English

See castoff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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

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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          "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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    }
  ],
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}

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