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molding

[ mohl-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or process of molding.
something molded.
a strip of contoured wood or other material placed just below the juncture of a wall and a ceiling.
Architecture, Furniture.
1. 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.
2. a strip of wood, stone, etc., having such a surface.

molding

/ ˈməʊldɪŋ /

Origin of molding¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; mold ¹, -ing ¹

MN Plastics Michigan-based supplier of custom injection molding products.

Her focus has clearly shifted—now she's more concerned with molding these men into dateable shape than with finding them dates.

Watching it in public, on the other hand, exposes these films as just another method of molding of our consumptive urges.

For many years another influence had had its part in molding Hal—the influence of Ezra Trefethen, whereof now a word or two.

Meantime the tallow would have been saved out to be used for dipping the candles or for molding them out in the tin candle-forms.

The conference took place March 25, 1891, and worked out a complete plan of organization for the stove molding industry.

He became a leader in molding public thought and opinion and exerted much influence over the affairs of the community.

Man, with all his ingenuity and skill, has been at work molding the plant clay made plastic by generations of special culture.

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