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Material without embellishment — rubbish cast outside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tabaret

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'cast outside' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'material without embellishment rubbish' is the wordplay.
'material' becomes 'aba' (aba is a kind of material).
'without' indicates putting letters inside (some letters go outside or 'without' others).
'embellishment rubbish' becomes 'tret' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'aba' put into 'tret' is 'TABARET'.

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(Other definitions for tabaret that I've seen before include "Beat tar out of upholsterer's silk fabric" , "material" .)

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