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MOULDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Synonyms:
modeling; modelling; molding; moulding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):
carving; sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)
Derivation:
mould (form in clay, wax, etc)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sculpture produced by molding
Synonyms:
clay sculpture; modeling; mold; molding; mould; moulding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):
sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)
Derivation:
mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
Synonyms:
border; molding; moulding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):
edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)
Holonyms ("moulding" is a part of...):
picture frame (a framework in which a picture is mounted)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
Synonyms:
molding; moulding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moulding"):
tore; torus (commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column)
surbase (the molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall))
subbase (the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard)
rib (a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural)
quirk molding; quirk moulding (a molding having a small groove in it)
ovolo; quarter round; thumb (a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse)
gorgerin; necking (the molding at the top of a column)
egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart; egg-and-tongue (a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape)
cyma; cymatium ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))
cornice (a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall)
conge; congee ((architecture) a concave molding)
cavetto (a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section)
astragal; bead; beading; beadwork (a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture)
baseboard; mopboard; skirting board (a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor)
architrave (the molding around a door or window)
annulet; bandelet; bandelette; bandlet; square and rabbet (molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb mould
Context examples:
He had not been born right, and he had not been helped any by the moulding he had received at the hands of society.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The credit of the execution is due to Monsieur Oscar Meunier, of Grenoble, who spent some days in doing the moulding.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What intolerable dulness to sit listening to the ticking of the clock; and watching Miss Murdstone's little shiny steel beads as she strung them; and wondering whether she would ever be married, and if so, to what sort of unhappy man; and counting the divisions in the moulding of the chimney-piece; and wandering away, with my eyes, to the ceiling, among the curls and corkscrews in the paper on the wall!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Yet even without knowing his brilliant record one could not fail to be impressed by a mere glance at the man, the square, massive face, the brooding eyes under the thatched brows, and the granite moulding of the inflexible jaw.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her voice struggled on through the heat, beating against it, moulding its senselessness into forms.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
