molding
3
4.2
- noun
- /ˈmoʊldɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
pieza moldeada
- The artisan crafted a beautiful molding that adorned the entrance of the historic building.
Examples
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An intricate molding around the door frame gave the room an elegant touch.
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These bare hands have installed crown molding in my guest bathroom.
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But nobody has ever tried to steal ours. If someone made a molding of the head of this one, it probably happened fairly recently.
Fiction book (1993) -
The molded seat made with the Pin Dot molding system turned out well.
Academic text (1993) -
Wonderful gingerbread molding has weathered nicely throughout the years.
Blog text (8) -
Arthur Taylor, who had built it in 1898, had given his architect an open purse and his full confidence: Lay on the moldings, my dear fellow!
Fiction book (1996) -
He inspected the molding carefully to ensure it was free of imperfections before installation.
Synonyms
77
3.8
A container that gives shape to food like jelly
19
3.2
Shaping soft material like clay into a statue or rough copy used as a guide
3
3.7
A life-size statue made of wax that looks like a real person
2
7.4
A life-sized figure of a person made of wax and shown in museums
1
9.0
A small model used to test a design for a larger work like a sculpture or building
1
3.4
A work of art made by shaping clay, like a figure or pot
1
3.9
An art object made by shaping glass into a form you can see and touch
Compounds
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by heating plastic and using air to shape it
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold
How Finished
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Molding comes from the word mold, a hollow form used to make objects, like a pan or cookie cutter that gives a thing its 'shape'. That is why a molding can mean a piece or sculpture made by shaping material inside a mold.