MOULDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moulding mean? 

• MOULDING (noun)
  The noun MOULDING has 4 senses:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MOULDING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOULDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

molding; moulding

Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):

decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moulding"):

cyma; cymatium ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))

tore; torus (commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column)

surbase (the molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall))

subbase (the lowest molding of an architectural base or of a baseboard)

rib (a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural)

quirk molding; quirk moulding (a molding having a small groove in it)

ovolo; quarter round; thumb (a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse)

gorgerin; necking (the molding at the top of a column)

egg-and-anchor; egg-and-dart; egg-and-tongue (a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape)

cornice (a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall)

conge; congee ((architecture) a concave molding)

cavetto (a concave molding shaped like a quarter circle in cross section)

astragal; bead; beading; beadwork (a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture)

baseboard; mopboard; skirting board (a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor)

architrave (the molding around a door or window)

annulet; bandelet; bandelette; bandlet; square and rabbet (molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

border; molding; moulding

Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):

edge (the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something)

Holonyms ("moulding" is a part of...):

picture frame (a framework in which a picture is mounted)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sculpture produced by molding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

clay sculpture; modeling; mold; molding; mould; moulding

Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):

sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

Derivation:

mould (form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

modeling; modelling; molding; moulding

Hypernyms ("moulding" is a kind of...):

carving; sculpture (creating figures or designs in three dimensions)

Derivation:

mould (form in clay, wax, etc)

 Context examples 

Curricle-hung, you see; seat, trunk, sword-case, splashing-board, lamps, silver moulding, all you see complete; the iron-work as good as new, or better.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

They were his environment, these men, and they were moulding the clay of him into a more ferocious thing than had been intended by Nature.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the underside of the moulding board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer barrel.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Inside was a large room in which fifty workers were carving or moulding.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In truth, it was the first time she had ever had a human soul to play with, and the plastic clay of him was a delight to mould; for she thought she was moulding it, and her intentions were good.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

By some means, which are not yet clear, he succeeded in winning, under a false name, this official position in the office, which he utilised in order to obtain moulding of various locks, and a thorough knowledge of the position of the strong room and the safes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The old-fashioned brass knocker on the low arched door, ornamented with carved garlands of fruit and flowers, twinkled like a star; the two stone steps descending to the door were as white as if they had been covered with fair linen; and all the angles and corners, and carvings and mouldings, and quaint little panes of glass, and quainter little windows, though as old as the hills, were as pure as any snow that ever fell upon the hills.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Yet it was merely a very pretty drawing-room, and within it a boudoir, both spread with white carpets, on which seemed laid brilliant garlands of flowers; both ceiled with snowy mouldings of white grapes and vine-leaves, beneath which glowed in rich contrast crimson couches and ottomans; while the ornaments on the pale Parian mantelpiece were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red; and between the windows large mirrors repeated the general blending of snow and fire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)