molder

[ mohl-der ]

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verb (used without object)

to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.

verb (used with object)

to cause to molder.

Origin of molder

1525–35; obsolete mold to crumble (v. use of mold³) + -er⁶

Also especially British, mould·er .

Other words from molder

un·mold·ered; especially British, un·mould·ered, adjective
un·mold·er·ing; especially British, un·mould·er·ing, adjective

Other definitions for molder (2 of 2)

molder²

[ mohl-der ]

noun

a person or thing that molds.
a person who makes molds.

Printing. one of a set of electrotyped plates used only for making duplicate electrotypes (contrasted with worker).

Origin of molder

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mold¹, -er¹

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How to use molder in a sentence

Someone might pull your mouldering hardback from the bottom of the stack and point a neon sign at it.
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What sort of mouldering growth in a person's brain would make him press send on something like that?
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The windows were broken, the walls in parts were cracked and shaky, and the floors were mouldering and rotten.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
Coronado felt suddenly so weak that he sat down on a mouldering heap of adobes.
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It does not wear its antiquity as an excuse for sinking into mouldering uselessness.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers

There is a short cut up from the valley from the mouldering Chateau de Vasselot, which is practicable for a trained horse.
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In a fold of the mountains lurk the ancient Lambessa and the mouldering ruins of a Roman camp.
The Desert World | Arthur Mangin

British Dictionary definitions for molder

molder

/ (ˈməʊldə) /

verb, noun

the US spelling of moulder 1

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