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Definition: Moulding |
MouldingNoun1. A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing. 2. A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge. 3. Sculpture produced by molding. 4. A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "moulding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | The process of forming, from a metal stamper, identical recorded plastic disks. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A method of shaping by cutting and/or pressing into various contours, e. g. beading, chambers, semicylindrical grooves(termed flutings). Source: European Union. (references) |
| An oblong piece of wood with constant(and relatively small)cross-section, normally shaped to fit against a plane surface and most frequently profiled. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mechanical Engineering | Piece produced by molding. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | The procedure for the making of refractory moulds capable of conforming to and retaining the shape of patterns and core boxes. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: MouldingSynonyms: border (n), clay sculpture (n), modeling (n), modelling (n), mold (n), molding (n), mould (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Moulding |
| English words defined with "moulding": beading plane ♦ Hood molding. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "moulding": AFS test ♦ briquetting, BROWN ♦ core crab, core grid, core iron, core rod, core wire, covings ♦ de-burr, de-fin ♦ epoxide resin, epoxy transistor ♦ female part of a mould, forming without stock removal ♦ granules ♦ injection ram ♦ lifting beam, lifting eyes of the heavier moulding boxes ♦ metal forming, molded transistor, mould form, mould impression, mould jacket, moulded transistor ♦ new sand ♦ Oldham-Wheat lamp ♦ parison, percolatie, polyvinyl acetal ♦ reconditioned sand ♦ sagged weld, sand cutter, semi-synthetic sand, shaping without stock removal, shrink mark, sink mark, sling beam, slip jacket, synthetic sand ♦ weld where the parent metal has softened allowing the weld and edges of metal to sag ♦ Zukurate. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Moulding (1913) | |
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 | Caption: Cylinder Moulding Room, Berlin, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Unknown Date; {29.410/81} (jpg). |  | Glazier Stove Company, moulding room, Chelsea, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Many had powder and set about making others with the balls which they were moulding. |
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| "Moulding" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.39% of the time. "Moulding" is used about 149 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 58.39% | 87 | 35,390 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 41.61% | 62 | 42,755 |
| Total | 100.00% | 149 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "moulding" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Moulding | Last name | 170 | 46,183 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "moulding": arched moulding ♦ Hood moulding ♦ jolt moulding ♦ jolt moulding machine ♦ lifting eyes of the heavier moulding boxes ♦ Molding or Moulding ♦ moulding board ♦ moulding box ♦ moulding iron ♦ moulding machine ♦ moulding mill ♦ moulding sand ♦ quirk moulding ♦ shockless jolt moulding machine ♦ special profiled corner moulding ♦ waterless moulding sand ♦ weather moulding. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "moulding": moulding-power. | |
Ending with "moulding": Bed-moulding, compression-moulding, drip-moulding, injection-moulding, peat-moulding, re-moulding, rubber-moulding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "moulding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ornamente druri (molding), formim (building up, construction, cultivation, education, formation, forming, moldiness, molding, mouldiness, shaping, training), detal i dredhur (molding), allçi anash tavanit (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قولبه, قالب (briquette, form, matrix, model, mold, molding, mould, shape, template), حلية معمارية (architrave, label, molding, ogee), سبك (cast, found, molding, shaping, smelting), صب (cast, casting, cut, decant, discharge, flow, imbue, infusion, lave, molding, paint, pigment, pour, rain, shaping, teem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | формоване (molding), корниз (coping, cornice, drip-moulding, dripstone, eaves, label, ledge, molding, perch, trim), отливка (cast, casting, molding, mould), пресоване във форми (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 型 (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | modelování (modeling, modelling, molding), lití, římsa (cornice, ledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | profilering (grading, leveling, levelling, machine grading, molding, regulating), prægning (coining, embossed finish, Embossing, impregnation, imprint, imprinting, molding, telegony), pladefremstilling ved presning (molding), liste (list), kehling (molding), formstoebning, formpresning (blocking, formation, forming), formning (forming, modeling, modelling, shaping, topiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vormen (account for, acknowledge, confirm, constitute, corroborate, cut, form, make up, shape), sierlijst (banding, lipping, railing, trimming), profiel (profile), persen (oppress, press, squeeze, squeeze out), lijst (cadre, framework, list, picture-frame, table, tablet), gieten in vormen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lista (catalog, catalogue, lath, list, register). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | moulage (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Profilleisten (molding), Leiste (bar, baseboard, border, groin, ledge, rail, strip, trim), Kehlen (goals, gorges, throats), Formung (formation, forming), Formherstellung, Formen (articulate, cast, forge, form, model, Mold, molding, sculpt, sculpture, shape, to form), Formarbeit, Deckleiste (corner strip bead, fillet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλούπιασμα (molding), καλούπωμα (molding), κατασκευή καλουπιών, κορνίζα (cornice, frame, pelmet), γείσο (eaves, molding), βέργα κορνίζας, νημάτιο (filament), μορφοποίηση (conversion, forming, shaping), πλαίσιο (casing, context, frame), παράχωμα (molding), χύτευση σε καλούπια, τυποποιΆα, διακοσμητική σανίδα τοίχου (molding), διαμόρφωση (configuration, conformation, formation, modulation, molding), δοκίδιο (fillet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כרכוב (border, edge, margin, molding, rim), "פיס" (molding), "פוס (form, last, molding, pattern, print, printing press). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | formázás (modeling, modelling, molding, remodeling), öntés (cast, font, molding, pouring), párkányzat (molding), párkányszelvény (molding), mintázás (modeling, modelling, molding), forma (form, frame, Mold, molding, mould, shape), díszléc (molding), bordűr (molding), alakozás (molding), öntvény (alloy, cast, casting, font, ingot, metal, molding), öntőminta (cast, mold, molding, mould, pig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | modanatura (molding), formatura (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 조형 (molding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mulleydys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouldingmay moldura (cadre, chaplet, fillet, frame, framework, gorge, molding, passepartout, reed, setting). (various references) mufurã (molding), material profilat (molding), stucaturã (molding, stucco work), ciubuc (beading, boodle, chibouk, gain, gravy, hookah, list, molding, ogee, racket, rake off, tip). (various references) украшение (adorner, adornment, beautification, decoration, embellishment, fallal, fal-lal, garnish, knick knack, molding, ornament, ornamentation, prettification, set off, trim), отливка (cast, casting, molding), молдинг (molding). (various references) modeliranje (molding), oblikovanje (figuration, molding, shaping), livenje u kalupe (molding), kalupljenje (molding). (various references) moldura (billet, molding). (various references) gjutning (casting, foundry, molding, perfusion). (various references) การปั้น (molding). (various references) pervaz (cincture, cornice, cyma, dressing, fringe, jamb, molding, reveal, rib, ribbon, shelf, sill, Wale, wheal), korniş (cornice, curnice-pole, molding), kalıp yapma (molding), döküm (cast, casting, enumeration, fall, molding, pourable, pouring, smelting). (various references) формування (formation, modeling, modelling, molding, organization, shaping). (various references) sự đúc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "moulding": mouldings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "moulding" (pronounced mō"lding) |
| 6 | m ō" l d i ng | molding. |
| 5 | -ō" l d i ng | beholding, folding, holding, scolding, unfolding, upholding, withholding. |
| 4 | -l d i ng | balding, building, Fielding, gilding, handholding, heralding, landholding, Melding, nonbuilding, overbuilding, rebuilding, scaffolding, scalding, shielding, shipbuilding, unyielding, welding, wielding, Wilding, yielding. |
| 3 | -d i ng | abiding, abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, banding, bedding, beheading, bending, bidding, biding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, concluding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, fending, feuding, finding, flooding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handing, heading, heeding, herding, hiding, hoarding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, including, intending, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, precluding, presiding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, seceding, seeding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unloading, unwinding, upgrading, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, wending, winding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-g-i-l-m-n-o-u" | |
-1 letter: molding. | |
-2 letters: doling, doming, gonium, guidon, moduli, moulin, muling, unmold. | |
-3 letters: dingo, doing, duomi, gluon, guild, indol, lingo, linum, lungi, mogul, mould, mound, mungo, odium, onium. | |
-4 letters: ding, diol, dong, doum, dung, gild, glim, glom, glum, gold, guid, idol, iglu, lido, limn, limo, ling, lino, lion, loin, long, loud, lung, mild, milo, mind, modi. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-g-i-l-m-n-o-u" | |
+1 letter: mouldings, unmolding. | |
+2 letters: gadolinium, modulating, mouldering. | |
+3 letters: gadoliniums, smouldering. | |
+4 letters: demodulating, multipronged, unglamorized. | |
+5 letters: bildungsroman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 75 6C 64 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- ..- .-.. -.. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o u l d i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0075 006C 0064 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781877870758073 |
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