moulding

Verb (1)

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. 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

Verb (2)

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).

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Noun

molding (countable and uncountable, plural moldings)

1. (US) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.
2. (US) Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal.
3. (US) 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
4. (US, woodwork) A planing machine for making moldings.
5. (US, founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.
6. (US, milling) A mill for shaping timber.

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