castable
nounEtymology From cast + -able.
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.
castable
adjEtymology From cast + -able.
› Able to be cast. In particular:
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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:
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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:
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Capable of being cast, as in a mould.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Capable of being cast to another data type.
- Derived terms
- uncastable
- Related terms
- castability