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molding
Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle
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Part of Speech: noun
1. A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface. Moldings vary greatly in pattern, and are generally used in groups, the different members of each group projecting or retreating, one beyond another. See Cable, n., 3, and Crenelated molding, under Crenelate, v. t.
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- 13. Name three great molding influences. - "Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism", F. V. N. Painter.
- Sandstone is sometimes crushed into sand and is used in the manufacture of glass and as molding- sand. - "The Economic Aspect of Geology", C. K. Leith.
- They did not press the spring in the molding. - "The Mayor's Wife", Anna Katherine Green.