molding

mold·ing  (mldng)

n.

1. The act or process of molding.

2. Something that is molded.

3. An embellishment in strip form, made of wood or other structural material, that is used to decorate or finish a surface, such as the wall of a room or building or the surface of a door or piece of furniture. Also called mold¹.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	molding - the act of creating something by casting it in a mold casting creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
	2.	molding - a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing moulding 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
	3.	molding - a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge moulding, 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
	4.	molding - sculpture produced by molding         clay sculpture, modeling, moulding, mould, mold sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art
	5.	molding - a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied modelling, modeling, moulding sculpture, carving - creating figures or designs in three dimensions