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castoffs

castoffs is the plural of castoff.

Meaning of castoff

Noun

castoff (plural castoffs)

  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.2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13

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Questions about castoffs

What is castoffs the plural of?
Castoffs is the plural of castoff.

Words near castoffs in the dictionary

  1. castniids
  2. Casto
  3. castock
  4. castocks
  5. castoff
  6. castoffs
  7. Caston
  8. Castonguay
  9. Castonguays
  10. castonospermine
  11. Castons

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