mold
A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substanceA hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
» I didn't eat the bread because there was mold on the crust.
Meaning
14 senses(US, countable, uncountable)A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
Form, Gussform
литейная фо́рмаlitejnaja fórma
(US, countable, uncountable)A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
Rahmen, Gestell, Modell
(US, countable, uncountable)Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
Gußstück
a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
(US, countable, uncountable)The shape or pattern of a mold.
Form
(US, countable, uncountable)General shape or form.
the oval mold of her face
Form, Umriß, Gestalt
(US, countable, uncountable)Distinctive character or type.
a leader in the mold of her predecessors
Typ, Type, Gestalt
a distinctive nature, character, or type
(US, countable, uncountable)A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
(US, countable, uncountable)A group of moldings.
the arch mold of a porch or doorway; the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts
(US, countable, uncountable)A fontanelle.
(US, countable, uncountable)A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
She took the cheese out of the refrigerator and inspected it for mold.
Schimmel, Mehltau
пле́сеньplésenʹ, ми́лдьюmíldʹju
плі́сняваplísnjava, цвільcvilʹ, плі́сеньplísenʹ
(US, countable, uncountable)A fungus that creates such furry growths.
(US, countable, uncountable)Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
loose soil rich in organic matter
Examples
47 sentencesI didn't eat the bread because there was mold on the crust.
The only thing left to do is to pour the concrete into the mold.
Mold grew on the boots.
Tom is allergic to mold.
ruУ Тома аллергия на плесень.
Is mold in the dishwasher bad?
deIst Schimmel in der Geschirrspülmaschine schlimm?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus,From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Germanic *muldô, from a Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ, parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán).
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Forms
plural: moldsSynonyms
10 synonyms- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens:mouldcast
- sculpture produced by molding:mouldmoldingmouldingmodelingclay sculpturemodelling
- a distinctive nature, character, or type:mould
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold:mould
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter:mould
- loose soil rich in organic matter:mould
Word family
29 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable