molder
1to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
to cause to molder.
Origin of molder
1- 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)
Origin of molder
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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.
Famous for Not Being Famous: Enough About ‘Stoner’ | Drew Smith | October 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat sort of mouldering growth in a person's brain would make him press send on something like that?
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 RussellCoronado felt suddenly so weak that he sat down on a mouldering heap of adobes.
Overland | John William De ForestIt 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.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanIn 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
/ (ˈməʊldə) /
the US spelling of moulder 1
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