molder

¹

[ mohl-der ]

verb (used without object)

1. to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away:

   a house that had been left to molder.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to molder.

molder

²

[ mohl-der ]

noun

1. a person or thing that molds.
2. a person who makes molds.
3. Printing. one of a set of electrotyped plates used only for making duplicate electrotypes ( worker ).

molder

/ ˈməʊldə /

verb

1. See moulder
   the US spelling of moulder 1

Other Words From

• un·moldered especially British, un·mouldered adjective
• un·molder·ing especially British, un·moulder·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of molder¹

1525–35; obsolete mold to crumble (v. use of mold ³ ) + -er ⁶

Origin of molder²

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; mold ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

New life was everywhere, bursting forth beneath my feet, on nearby moldering stumps, and high overhead.

From Outside Online

She is probably thinking about the prison cell where she will molder.

From The Daily Beast

Our first night out ends at The Eldridge, that tight-doored lounge owned by veteran scene-molder Matt Levine.

From The Daily Beast

No longer could the molder in Albany be indifferent to the fate of his fellow craftsman in Louisville.

From Project Gutenberg

Miles went north in search of better luck, and this place was allowed to molder until it was leased in 1879 to a sugar baron.

From Project Gutenberg

No molder of the world's destinies springs fully equipped from the welter of promiscuous events.

From Project Gutenberg

One writer who has observed them in their native haunts describes the rock nuthatch as "an expert clay mixer and molder."

From Project Gutenberg

My shword, red as a radish shkin, Ne'er finds the time to molder; Shee how it shleeps its sheath within!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• decompose