- Investment casting is an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques.
- (Investment Cast) Clubs made from a mold.
- (investment cast) a cast made of a material that will withstand high temperature without disintegration—compREFRACTORY CAST
- A technique for making small, accurate castings in refractory alloys using a mold formed around a pattern of wax or similar material which is then removed by melting
- sandpaper: rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface"
- An expanse of sand, typically along a shore
- a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
- A loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts
- A stratum of sandstone or compacted sand