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

/ ˈməʊldɪŋ /

noun

1. See moulding
   the US spelling of moulding

Word History and Origins

Origin of molding¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; mold ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

While Volvo hasn’t revealed its secret sauce behind mega-casting, the die-casting process is largely the same for any metal, or in the case of injection molding, plastics.

From Popular-Science

The vacuums on this list include lightweight, versatile, and easy-to-use cleaners that cover everything from hard-wood floors and thick, plush carpets to car seat crevices and crown molding.

From Popular-Science

Processes such as injection molding, which spurts melted plastic into a mold “sort of like a Play-Doh Fun Factory,” Freinkel says, made it possible to mass-produce plastic.

From Science News

The bronze buckle’s molding technique and decorative style resemble metal items found at hunter-gatherer sites in northwestern Russia dating to as early as around 2,300 years ago, the researchers say.

From Science News

Various attachments make refreshing window sills, door frames, and moldings a piece of cake.

From Popular-Science

MN Plastics Michigan-based supplier of custom injection molding products.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

For many years another influence had had its part in molding Hal—the influence of Ezra Trefethen, whereof now a word or two.

From Project Gutenberg

Meantime the tallow would have been saved out to be used for dipping the candles or for molding them out in the tin candle-forms.

From Project Gutenberg

The conference took place March 25, 1891, and worked out a complete plan of organization for the stove molding industry.

From Project Gutenberg

He became a leader in molding public thought and opinion and exerted much influence over the affairs of the community.

From Project Gutenberg

Man, with all his ingenuity and skill, has been at work molding the plant clay made plastic by generations of special culture.

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Related Words

• decoration
• embellishment
• frieze