moulding

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A form of mould — Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mould
nounmoulding (countable and uncountable, plural mouldings)

plural mouldings

  1. UKalternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of molding.

    The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut.

    1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 36
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    It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace.

    1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 342

    To improve the appearance of the stepped roof a glass-fibre fairing, moulded to the corner radius, extends for the full length between the two cabs. The cab roof is a double-skin glass-fibre moulding.

    1960 February 28, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, pages 123, 125

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

Similar

nouna decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Broader

nounsculpture produced by molding

Broader

nouna preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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