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molding
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Word definitions for molding in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also moulding , early 14c., "act of kneading," from mold (n.1). Architectural sense is from mid-15c.; carpentry sense is from 1670s.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, n. The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Molding , or moulding (Commonwealth), also known as coving (UK, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster, but may be ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder. 2 Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal. 3 (context architecture English) A plane, ...
Usage examples of molding.
The storefront ambience is dressed up by carved, off-white moldings and arches designed to mimic ivory, polychrome tapestry murals of Indian country scenes, posters of Bollywood movies.
Florid carvings in stone covered expansive panels under the complex bands of dentil moldings that ran in mitered bands over the tops of the capitals.
Together they had nioved furniture, checked drawers, inspected moldings, cornices, anything that might have been pried away and used as a hiding place.
The baseboard moldings are carved and varnished and eighteen inches high.
The doors and moldings along its length were a dark-grained hardwood with a faint sheen - real wood, not synthetic, that remembered a thousand dustings, cleanings, and re-oilings.
The dark suit he was wearing came off with a tug on certain discreet parts of the garment, and together with the now revealed body moldings that had given Jackson his girth, all of these items were packed in a pizza carrier bag that Jackson pulled from a corner of the living room.
The only ornamentation on either walls or ceiling were the crown moldings and a wide but plain chair railing, both painted Sarronnese blue, a brighter color than the dark navy blue of Brysta.
Everything from the ornate crown moldings to the marble floor said ".
The walls, crown moldings, and medallions were absolutely gorgeous in their old-fashioned grace and elegance, but the furniture in the house was as modern as it could be.
Narrow, fluted columns separated the room from the foyer, and the room itself had crown moldings, an intricately carved marble fireplace, satiny parquet floors, a delicately beautiful Persian carpet, comfortable-looking couches and chairs, and antique tables and lamps.
High ceilings, carved crown moldings, mellow wood paneling, herringboned inlay floors with more jewel-toned Persian rugs.
A picture formed in her minda big, high-ceilinged room with crown moldings and chair rails, the white walls warmed by sunlight from tall windows.
She caught glimpses of crystal chandeliers, rich paintings, crown moldings.
At least twenty-five feet square, with fifteen-foot ceilings embroidered with crown moldings fashioned to resemble braided cloth.
It was one of several on this mean little street, where doorjambs and window moldings had been tarted up by Pakistanis and Indians with more of a flair for color—especially marine blues and rusty reds—than had the Brindles.