Meaning

Commonwealth standard spelling of mold..

Definitions by Sense

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
2. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).
3. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”).
4. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).
5. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).

Example Sentences

The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.

Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.

Max Chafkin, Thiel's biographer, describes Vance as his "extension", while Cadwalladr describes Vance, somewhat impolitely, as "Thiel's creature… a man Thiel moulded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers".

Word Forms

• moulds
• moulding
• moulded

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Use mould when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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