castable
castable adjective: capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
Adjective
castable (comparative more castable, superlative most castable)
- Capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
- I always assumed that I'd be more castable as I got older. I'm a character actress and a comedian —not some pretty little ingénue. I figured I'd grow[…]2009 October 13, Susie Essman, What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
- Most importantly, agents want to know you are castable. The easiest way to show them that, obviously, is to get cast in stuff. You might have a long and impressive resume from your acting school or community theater back home[…]2020 February 24, Harlan Post, Rolling the Dice: Everything You Want to Know About Becoming a Hollywood Actor, Archway Publishing, →ISBN
- Capable of being performed and brought forth (as a spell or magic).
- page=144 Witches Spellbook is advertised [as] "For those who'd like to be witches and get their hands on a batch of castable spells." This book also includes a shopping guide for such necessities as bottled bat's blood.1972, William Joseph Whalen, Minority Religions in America
- Magic tomes […] provided access to more castable spells than would fit in most artifacts, up to two or three dozen. The military offered its soldiers a few portable arrays made of precious metals wrought into the desired shapes, but those would be even less accessible[…]2021 December 26, Azalea Ellis, A Binding of Blood: A Gaslamp University Hard Fantasy, Seladore Publishing
- Capable of being cast, as in a mould.
- Capable of being cast to another data type.
Noun
castable (plural castables)
- Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.
Forms of castable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more castable |
| superlative | most castable |
| Noun | |
| plural | castables |
Origin of castable
From cast + -able.
Words formed from castable
Questions about castable
- What does castable mean?
- Castable means capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
- What part of speech is castable?
- Castable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near castable in the dictionary
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