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Preferred Term

casting

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The act or process of making casts or of shaping in a mold; usually refers to pouring liquid material into a mold, as distinguished from pressing a material into a mold, for which prefer "molding."

Variations

Founding

Plaster casts

Iron-founding

cast

Narrower Terms

lost-wax process

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