molder

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proper noun

A surname.

“The old book was left to molder until only the cover was left to show it had ever been written.”

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

molder1

verbmolder (third-person singular simple present molders, present participle moldering, simple past and past participle moldered)

present singular third person molders · participle present moldering · participle past moldered · past moldered

  1. USstandardUS standard spelling of moulder.

    The old book was left to molder until only the cover was left to show it had ever been written.

    1 more example

    The house had been untenanted for some years and was threatening to molder into a picturesque decay when the Douglases took possession of it.

    1914 September – 1915 May, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Tragedy of Birlstone”, in The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 27 February 1915, →OCLC, part I (The Tragedy of Birlstone), pages 46–47
nounmolder (plural molders)

plural molders

  1. USstandardUS standard spelling of moulder.

Molder2

proper nounMolder (plural Molders)

plural Molders

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbreak down

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Cite this entry
APA

molder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molder

MLA

“molder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “molder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/molder.

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