mould
UK/məʊld//moʊld/
mould noun: commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
Noun (1)
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- The design it is to assume is formed in a metal mould, and into this the leather, in its pliant state is forced by a hydraulic power.1847, editorial staff, “Decorations in Leather”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
- The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in...2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33
Verb (1)
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 288
- Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".2024 August 14, Bryn Haworth, “Artificial Ignorance: broligarchs and their brains should read Gulliver”, in Al Majalla, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2024
Noun (2)
mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
Verb (2)
mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
Noun (3)
mould (plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
Noun (4)
mould (plural moulds)
- Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).
Proper noun capitalized: Mould
Mould (plural Moulds)
- A surname.
mould meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mould in Hindi
- mould, fungus
- फफूँदी phaphū̃dī
mould in Tamil
- பூஞ்சனம், பூஞ்சை, பூசணம், வளர்ப்பு, வார்ப்பு, அச்சு
mould in Marathi
- mould, matrix, model
- सांचा sāñcā
mould in Urdu
- ڈھال, پھپھوندی, قالب, سانچا, بنانا, ڈھالنا
More languagesFewer languages
- mould in Bengali
- মৌল mōul
- mould in Telugu
- సంస్కారము saṁskāramu
- mould in Malayalam
- അച്ച് accŭ
- mould in Kannada
- ಅಚ್ಚು accu
- mould in Punjabi
- ਸੰਚਾ sañcā, ਸੱਚਾ saccā
- mould in Odia
- ଛାଞ୍ଚ chāñca, ଗଢ଼ିବା gaṛhibā
- mould in Sinhala
- අච්චුව accuwa
- mould in Assamese
- ঢাল dhal
- mould in Nepali
- ढाल्नु ḍhālnu
Examples of mould in a sentence
- Some moulds prefer to live on bread, but others are epixylous.
- Commercial vegetable rennets usually contain rennet from the mould Rhizomucor miehei.
- She scooped up a mittenful of snow and began to mould it into a snowball.
Forms of mould
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | moulds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | moulds |
| present participle | moulding |
| past participle | moulded |
| past | moulded |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Moulds |
Origin of mould
Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).
Words formed from mould
Phrases with mould
- blow mould
- iron mould
- mould loft
- bread mould
- mould lofts
- slime mould
- Mould effect
- barquette mould
- break the mould
- broke the mould
- breaks the mould
- broken the mould
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with mould
Questions about mould
- What does mould mean?
- Mould means commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
- What is mould in Hindi?
- Mould in Hindi is फफूँदी (phaphū̃dī). See Mould meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mould?
- Mould can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mould?
- Mould is pronounced /məʊld/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mould?
- The plural of mould is moulds.
Words near mould in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mould (page history and authors); Mould (page history and authors); फफूँदी (Hindi) (page history and authors); mould (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सांचा (Marathi) (page history and authors); mould (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মৌল (Bengali) (page history and authors); సంస్కారము (Telugu) (page history and authors); അച്ച് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಚ್ಚು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਸੰਚਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଗଢ଼ିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); අච්චුව (Sinhala) (page history and authors); ঢাল (Assamese) (page history and authors); ढाल्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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