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molding

[ mohl-ding ]

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.
    1. 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.
    2. a strip of wood, stone, etc., having such a surface.


molding

/ ˈəʊɪŋ /

noun

  1. the US spelling of moulding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of molding1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; mold 1, -ing 1
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It was an opera house, and it was really there, with its baroque moldings and balconies sprawling out atop the Empire Polo Club stage at this year’s Coachella festival.

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Then it went to the molding team, who 3D-printed the main shape of the puppet with fiberglass molds.

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When they turned around for the first time, I was treated to a grotesque mask at the back of Tatarsky’s head and prosthetic cleavage that might have also been the plastic molding of butt cheeks.

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He pointed out his childhood bedroom window and said he wants to take a pane of glass and part of the old molding to make a commemorative frame before it’s bulldozed when they sell.

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“At first I wasn’t too disciplined, but then I started listening to him, and then he started molding me,” said Carlos Jr., who was named the most outstanding male bxer by U.S.

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