Dictionary Entry
mould
mould is a 5-letter English word with 28 senses as verb, transitive verb, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 28 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.
- 2verb
Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
- 3transitive verb
To cover with mold or soil.
- 4noun
A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.
- 5transitive verb
To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
- 6intransitive verb
To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
- 7noun
The matrix, or cavity, in which anything is shaped, and from which it takes its form; also, the body or mass containing the cavity; as, a sand mold; a jelly mold.
- 8noun
That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason.
- 9noun
Cast; form; shape; character.
- 10noun
A group of moldings; as, the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts.
- 11noun
A fontanel.
- 12noun
A frame with a wire cloth bottom, on which the pump is drained to form a sheet, in making paper by hand.
- 13transitive verb
To form into a particular shape; to shape; to model; to fashion.
- 14transitive verb
To ornament by molding or carving the material of; as, a molded window jamb.
- 15transitive verb
To knead; as, to mold dough or bread.
- 16transitive verb
To form a mold of, as in sand, in which a casting may be made.
- 17
Alt. of Mouldy
- 18noun
container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- 19noun
sculpture produced by molding
- 20noun
a distinctive nature, character, or type
"a leader in the mold of her predecessors"
Synonyms
- 21noun
a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
"a lobster mold"
"a gelatin dessert made in a mold"
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- 22noun
a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
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- 23noun
the process of becoming mildewed
- 24noun
the distinctive form in which a thing is made
"pottery of this cast was found throughout the region"
- 25noun
loose soil rich in organic matter
Synonyms
- 26verb
make something, usually for a specific function
"She molded the rice balls carefully"
"Form cylinders from the dough"
- 27verb
form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
"cast a bronze sculpture"
- 28verb
form in clay, wax, etc
"model a head with clay"
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