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mould·ing  (mldng)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of molding.

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moulding US, molding [ˈməʊldɪŋ]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect

a.  a shaped outline, esp one used on cornices, etc.

b.  a shaped strip made of wood, stone, etc.

2. something moulded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	moulding - a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing molding bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet, annulet - molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column architrave - the molding around a door or window baseboard, mopboard, skirting board - a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor astragal, beading, beadwork, bead - a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture cavetto - a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section conge, congee - (architecture) a concave molding cornice - a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall cyma, cymatium - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify egg-and-anchor, egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue - a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape gorgerin, necking - the molding at the top of a column ovolo, quarter round, thumb - a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse quirk molding, quirk moulding - a molding having a small groove in it rib - a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural subbase - the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard surbase - the molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall) tore, torus - commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
	2.	moulding - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge molding, border edge - the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge" picture frame - a framework in which a picture is mounted
	3.	moulding - sculpture produced by molding         clay sculpture, modeling, molding, mould, mold sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
	4.	moulding - a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied modelling, modeling, molding sculpture, carving - creating figures or designs in three dimensions

Translations

moulding molding (US) [ˈməʊldɪŋ] N

1. (Archit) → moldura f

2. (= process) → moldeado m

3. (= cast) → vaciado m

4. (fig) → amoldamiento m, formación f

moulding [ˈməʊldɪŋ] molding (US) n → moulure f

moulding, (US) molding

n

(= act) → Formen nt; (of metals) → Gießen nt

(= cast) → Abdruck m; (of metal) → (Ab)guss m; (= ceiling moulding) → Deckenfries m → or -stuck m

(fig) → Formen nt

moulding molding (Am) [ˈməʊldɪŋ] n (Archit) → modanatura