Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moulding

/mˈoʊldɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: mould-ing
IPA: /mˈoʊldɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mould

noun

Alternative spelling of molding.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It took a long time for the place to warm up and to counteract the cold and enable their fingers to cope with the delicate task of moulding, the men would often surround themselves with blocks of iron heated in the furnace."
"The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut."
"To improve the appearance of the stepped roof a glass-fibre fairing, moulded to the corner radius, extends for the full length between the two cabs. The cab roof is a double-skin glass-fibre moulding."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mouldings (plural)

Derived Forms

nanomoulding rotomoulding

Synonyms

modeling modelling molding mold mould clay sculpture border

Rhymes With

holding folding withholding unfolding molding upholding scolding golding beholding bolding

Questions

How do you pronounce moulding?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈoʊldɪŋ/.
What does moulding mean?: present participle and gerund of mould

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