English Explanatory Dictionary

castaway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
  2. Shipwrecked.
  3. Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
noun
  1. A shipwrecked sailor.
  2. A discarded person or thing.
  3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

Pronunciation

kăsʹtəwā /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ en-us-castaway.ogg /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/ /ˈkæstəweɪ/

Word forms

castaway castaways

Etymology

Deverbal from cast away.

Related words

cast away

Derived words

Blastaway Lostaway
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