molding
UK/ˈməʊl.dɪŋ//ˈmoʊl.dɪŋ/
molding noun: the act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. Also the present participle and gerund of mold.
Noun
molding (countable and uncountable, plural moldings)
- The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
- A 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
- A planing machine for making moldings.
- A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
- A mill for shaping timber.
- A kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.
Also used as
molding is also the present participle and gerund of mold.
molding meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
molding in Hindi
- ढालना
molding in Tamil
- மோல்டிங்
molding in Urdu
- مولڈنگ
molding in Bengali
- ছাঁচনির্মাণ, ছাঁচনির্মাণ করা
More languagesFewer languages
- molding in Telugu
- అచ్చు వేయడం
- molding in Gujarati
- મોલ્ડીંગ
- molding in Odia
- ଛାଞ୍ଚୀକରଣ
- molding in Nepali
- मोल्डिङ
Examples of molding in a sentence
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
- The metal will take about three hours to cool off after the molding.
- The minimum and maximum daylights on an injection molding machine determines the sizes of the items it can make.
Forms of molding
| plural | moldings |
|---|---|
| alternative UK | moulding |
Origin of molding
From Middle English moldynge; equivalent to mold + -ing.
Words formed from molding
Phrases with molding
Words that rhyme with molding
Questions about molding
- What does molding mean?
- Molding means the act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
- What is molding in Hindi?
- Molding in Hindi is ढालना. See Molding meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is molding?
- Molding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce molding?
- Molding is pronounced /ˈməʊl.dɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of molding?
- The plural of molding is moldings.
Words near molding in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: molding (page history and authors); molding (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); molding (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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