Moulding Synonyms & Definitions

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• MouldingDefinition & Meaning in English

  1. (n.) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
  2. (n.) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.
  3. () of Mould
  4. (p.a.) Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.
  5. (n.) Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.

• MouldDefinition & Meaning in English

  1. (n.) Cast; form; shape; character.
  2. (v. t.) To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
  3. (v. i.) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
  4. (v. t.) To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
  5. (n.) That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.
  6. (v. t.) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
  7. (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
  8. (v.) Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
  9. (n.) A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.
  10. (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.
  11. (n.) A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
  12. () Alt. of Mouldy
  13. (v. t.) To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.
  14. (v. t.) To cover with mold or soil.
  15. (n.) A fontanel.
  16. (v. t.) To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
  17. (n.) The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.

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