• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

ca·si·no noun, plural -nos [ORIGIN: It, fr. casa house]

1 : a building or room for social amusements; especially : one used for gambling

2 also cas·si·no : a card game in which players win cards by matching those on the table

cask noun : a barrel-shaped container usu. for liquids; also : the quantity held by such a container

Synonyms

barrel, hogshead, keg, pipe, puncheon; also tub, vat; can, drum

cas·ket noun 1 : a small chest or box (as for jewels)

2 : a usu. fancy coffin for burying a corpse : COFFIN

Synonyms

box, caddy, case, chest, locker, trunk—more at CHEST

casque noun : HELMET

cas·sa·va noun : any of several tropical spurges with rootstocks yielding a nutritious starch from which tapioca is prepared; also : the rootstock or its starch

cas·se·role noun 1 : a dish in which food may be baked and served

2 : food cooked and served in a casserole

cas·sette also ca·sette noun 1 : a lightproof container for photographic plates or film

2 : a plastic case containing magnetic tape

cas·sia noun 1 : a coarse cinnamon bark

2 : any of a genus of leguminous herbs, shrubs, and trees of warm regions including several which yield senna

cas·sit·er·ite noun : a dark mineral that is the chief tin ore

cas·sock noun : an ankle-length garment worn esp. by Roman Catholic and Anglican clergy

cas·so·wary noun, plural -war·ies : any of a genus of large flightless birds closely related to the emu

1cast verb cast; cast·ing 1 : to cause to move or send forth by throwing : THROW, FLING

2 : to point, extend, or project in a specified line or course : DIRECT <~ a glance>

3 : to deposit (a ballot) formally

4 : to throw off, out, or away : DISCARD, SHED

5 : COMPUTE; especially : to add up

6 : to assign the parts of (a play) to actors; also : to assign to a role or part

7 a : to shape (a substance) by pouring it in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting it harden without pressure

b : to give form to : establish or create in a particular form

8 : to make (as a knot or stitch) by looping or catching up

Synonyms

[1] catapult, chuck, dash, fire, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, peg, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss—more at THROW

[2] aim, bend, direct, head, level, set, train—more at AIM

[4] discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, lose, reject, scrap, shed, shuck, slough, throw away, throw out, unload—more at DISCARD

[7b] compose, craft, draft, draw, formulate, frame, prepare—more at COMPOSE

2cast noun 1 : THROW, FLING

2 : a throw of dice

3 : the set of actors in a dramatic production

4 : something formed in or as if in a mold; also : a rigid surgical dressing (as for protecting and supporting a fractured bone)

5 : a slight change in the appearance of a substance by a trace of some added hue : a trace of a particular quality : TINGE, HUE

6 a : a turning of the eye in a particular direction

b : a physical form or character : SHAPE

c : facial aspect or vocal intonation as indicative of feeling : LOOK

7 : something thrown out or off, shed, or expelled

8 : a forecast or conjecture concerning future events or conditions

Synonyms

[5] color, hue, shade, tinge, tint, tone—more at COLOR

[6b] configuration, conformation, figure, form, geometry, shape

[6c] countenance, expression, face, look, visage—more at LOOK

cast about verb : to seek here and there : look around

Synonyms usually cast about for

forage, hunt, pursue, quest, search, seek—more at SEEK

cas·ta·net noun [ORIGIN: Sp castañeta, fr. castaña chestnut, fr. L castanea]

: a rhythm instrument consisting of two small wooden, ivory, or plastic shells held in the hand and clicked together

cast around verb : to look around : SEEK

1castaway adjective 1 : thrown away : REJECTED

2 : cast adrift or ashore as a survivor of a shipwreck

2castaway noun : one who has been cast away, cast off, or rejected

Synonyms

outcast, reject—more at OUTCAST

caste noun [ORIGIN: Pg casta, lit., race, lineage, fr.