Cast-off

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cast-off \Cast"-off`\, a.
     Cast or laid aside; thrown away; discarded; as, cast-off
     clothes.
  
     Syn: discarded, junked, scrap(prenominal), waste.
          [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cast-off
       adj 1: thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes";
              "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged
              some thrown-away furniture" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {discarded},
               {throwaway(a)}, {thrown-away(a)}]
       2: disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: {cast-off(a)}, {discarded},
           {junked}, {scrap(a)}, {waste}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "castoff":
     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