mould

See also: Mould

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /moʊld/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məʊld/

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• Rhymes: -əʊld

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
   • 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:

     The portals are being constructed in situ, using a moveable mould that is made up of three parts. The inner form traveller supports the weight of the steel rebar and concrete as it is being poured and forms the inner shape of the portal. The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.

Translations

mould — see mold

Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.

Translations

mould — see mold

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)

Translations

mould — see mold

Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. Commonwealth spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)

Translations

mould — see mold

Etymology 3

From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda).

Noun

mould (plural moulds)

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

Translations

loose soil — see mold

Etymology 4

Noun

mould (plural moulds)

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