Definitions for molding

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molding mold·ing

Spelling: [mohl-ding]

IPA: /ˈmoʊl dɪŋ/

Molding is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in molding (dgilmno).

Definitions for molding

noun

1. the act or process of molding.
2. something molded.
3. a strip of contoured wood or other material placed just below the juncture of a wall and a ceiling.
4. Architecture, Furniture. any of various long, narrow, ornamental surfaces that are either continuous or discontinuous, with uniform cross sections for the full length and a strikingly modeled profile that casts strong shadows: used on frames, tables, etc., and certain architectural members, as cornices, stringcourses, or bases. a strip of wood, stone, etc., having such a surface.
5. a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
6. the shape created or imparted to a thing by a mold.
7. something formed in or on a mold:
8. a frame on which something is formed or made.
9. shape or form.
10. a prototype, example, or precursor.
11. a distinctive nature, character, or type:
12. Shipbuilding. a three-dimensional pattern used to shape a plate after it has been softened by heating. a template for a frame.
13. Architecture. a molding. a group of moldings.
14. a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
15. any of the fungi that produce such a growth.

verb (used with object)

1. to work into a required shape or form; shape.
2. to shape or form in or on a mold.
3. Metallurgy. to form a mold of or from, in order to make a casting.
4. to produce by or as if by shaping material; form.
5. to have influence in determining or forming:
6. to ornament with moldings.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to become or cause to become overgrown or covered with mold.

Origin of molding

Middle English word dating back to 1300-50; See origin at mold¹, -ing¹

Examples for molding

It is a type of molding which should not be used with any other pronounced type of molding.

And I found that the forces of the firmament were molding my orbit also.

It was simply a coppery glow, marvelously delicate, molding her face.

When molding small slabs an average of 12 were made per day.

This is also surmounted by an overhanging cap and a molding.

Her focus has clearly shifted—now she's more concerned with molding these men into dateable shape than with finding them dates.

Her hands lightly caught the molding on either side of the door.

You might touch the clay that a sculptor is molding and make it elastic.

The following is the itemized actual cost of molding and sinking a 26-ft.

Watching it in public, on the other hand, exposes these films as just another method of molding of our consumptive urges.