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unmould

unmould verb: to remove from a mould.

Verb

unmould (third-person singular simple present unmoulds, present participle unmoulding, simple past and past participle unmoulded)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a mould.
    • place weight on top and when chilled unmould and garnish with watercress or sprigs of parsley .1900, Anna Morrison, “Special Christmas Dishes”, in The Delineator, volume 56, page 751
    • A biodegradable oil and water emulsion release composition for facilitating the unmoulding of hydraulic bonding material comprises , as the oil component , an ester of a hindered polyhydric alcohol having no hydrogen atoms attached to any carbon atom in a beta - position to any hydroxyl group and a...2002, David Packham, Mould Sticking, Fouling and Cleaning - Volume 13, page 69
  2. (transitive) To change the form of; to reduce or unmake from any form.
    • Unmoulding reason's mintage.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    • and the restless elements of opinion, throughout every region of debate, moulding themselves eternally, like the billowy sands of the desert, as beheld by Bruce, into towering columns that soar upwards to a giddy altitude, then stalk about for a minute, all a-glow with fiery color, and finally...1859, Thomas De Quincey, De Quincey's Writings: Literary reminiscences, page 231

Examples of unmould in a sentence

  • I used a small glass bowl that I filled to the brim, an important point for you do not want the concoction to fall apart when you unmould it.2009, Sylvia Tan, Taste: Healthy, Hearty Asian Recipes, page 41:
  • Make sure soaps are completely cold and set before attempting to unmould them .2015, Elaine Stavert, Scented Soaps, page 14:

Forms of unmould

third-person singular presentunmoulds
present participleunmoulding
past participleunmoulded
pastunmoulded
alternative formunmold

Origin of unmould

From un- + mould.

Questions about unmould

What does unmould mean?
Unmould means to remove from a mould.
How do you use unmould in a sentence?
I used a small glass bowl that I filled to the brim, an important point for you do not want the concoction to fall apart when you unmould it.
What part of speech is unmould?
Unmould is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmould?
The past tense of unmould is unmoulded.

Words near unmould in the dictionary

  1. unmotived
  2. unmotorable
  3. unmotorised
  4. unmotorized
  5. unmottled
  6. unmould
  7. unmouldable
  8. unmoulded
  9. unmouldered
  10. unmouldering
  11. unmoulding

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