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casting

  • noun
  • cast·ing
  • kăstʹĭng

The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.

Other meanings

  1. A manufacturing process using a mold.

  2. An object made in a mold.

A kind of

  • copy

Kinds of casting

  • engine block
  • life mask

Word history

From Middle English "castyng".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “casting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.