Castoff

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Discarded, rejected. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms
castawaydeep sixderelictdiscarddiscardingdisposal

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"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."

Etymology

Deverbal from cast off.

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