Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”).

  3. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“loose soil”).

    loose soil rich in organic matter

  4. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“top of the head”).

Examples

19 sentences
  1. There's some mould in the showers.

    ruВ душевых кабинах есть плесень.

    deEs ist Schimmel im Duschraum.

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  2. The gloves fit like a mould.

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  3. There's mould on the bathroom walls.

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  4. Can damp and mould affect my health?

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  5. Nature made him and destroyed the mould.

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Origin

Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.

Via Middle English molde, moulde (“mould, cast”) and Old French modle, from Latin modulus.

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow mouldy”), 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 Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

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Forms

plural: moulds
Singularmould
Pluralmoulds

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens:moldcast
  • sculpture produced by molding:moldmoldingmouldingmodelingclay sculpturemodelling
  • a distinctive nature, character, or type:mold
  • a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold:mold
  • a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter:mold
  • loose soil rich in organic matter:mold

Word family

14 related words

See also

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