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moulder

1 British  
/ ˈməʊldə /

noun

  1. a person who moulds or makes moulds

  2. printing one of the set of electrotypes used for making duplicates

"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

moulder 2 British  
/ ˈməʊldə /

verb

  1. (often foll by away) to crumble or cause to crumble, as through decay

"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

Etymology

Origin of moulder

C16: verbal use of mould ³

Example Sentences

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The rise of railways and roads made them redundant and many were left to moulder, alongside the old industrial areas of many cities.

From Economist Dec. 17, 2014

The pathologist on duty became so entranced by the face of the girl with the enigmatic half-smile that he asked a moulder to take a plaster cast of her face.

From BBC Oct. 16, 2013

He was known as Pit Legs, although his own trade was as a brass moulder.

From The Guardian Nov. 26, 2012

Now, his movie would sit and moulder, an unedited mass of raw footage.

From The Guardian Aug. 23, 2012

It appears to render this form of the metal harder and less suitable for the purposes of the moulder, but is separated almost wholly when it is converted into wrought iron.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

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