molding

plural moldings · alternative UK moulding

1. UScountableuncountableThe act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
2. UScountableuncountableAnything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
3. UScountableuncountablearchitectureA plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.

   A fine-scale denticulated molding in the cornice, repeated elsewhere in the exterior wood trim, lends an air of exceptional richness and refinement.

   1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company

4. UScountableuncountablewoodworkA planing machine for making moldings.
5. UScountableuncountablefoundingA machine to assist in making molds for castings.
6. UScountableuncountablemillingA mill for shaping timber.
7. UScountableuncountablefoundingA kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

alternative UK moulding

1. USgerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mold