cast

9. VERB

To cast an object means to make it by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a specially shaped container and leaving it there until it becomes hard.

• sculptures cast in bronze.
  

10. N-COUNT : oft N of n

A cast is a model that has been made by pouring a liquid such as plaster or hot metal onto something or into something, so that when it hardens it has the same shape as that thing.

• An orthodontist took a cast of the inside of Billy's mouth
  

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