Castaway

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăʹstu̇wā IPA: /ˈkæ.stÉ™.weɪ/

Full definition of castaway

Adjective

1. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
2. Shipwrecked.The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

Noun

1. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
2. A discarded person or thing.This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.These homeless people are society's castaways.

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