molding
Americannoun
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moldings
plural
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the act or process of molding.
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something molded.
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a strip of contoured wood or other material placed just below the juncture of a wall and a ceiling.
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Architecture, Furniture.
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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.
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a strip of wood, stone, etc., having such a surface.
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of molding
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at mold 1, -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing molding
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They also built vessels by stacking coils of clay rather than molding them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
I suspect that the detector would flag the most uninvolved “Write this for me” slop but not the text that involves a lot of human molding.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
There’s the cutting and molding of the cake into a cup.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
“We made original crown molding ourselves. I put a tin ceiling in the library living room,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
Ugwu held back from reaching out to touch the cement wall, to see how different it would feel from the mud walls of his mother’s hut that still bore the faint patterns of molding fingers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Among the worthwhile cosmetic upgrades: the body-matching lower moldings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Another living area boasts similar crown moldings, a cozy fireplace, and large windows that allow natural light to flood inside.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
Inside, the ballroom is all white and gold like a czar’s summer palace, with coffered ceilings, gold-trimmed moldings, and crystal chandeliers.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
It was an opera house, and it was really there, with its baroque moldings and balconies sprawling out atop the Empire Polo Club stage at this year’s Coachella festival.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Stone cutters and sculptors finished the moldings and capitals while masons laid the stone slabs that made up the floor.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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