molding
pronunciation
How to pronounce molding in British English:
UK ['məʊldɪŋ]
How to pronounce molding in American English:
US [ˈmoldɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
- a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
- a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
- sculpture produced by molding
- a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
Word Origin
- molding (n.)
- also moulding, early 14c., "act of kneading," from mold (n.1). Architectural sense is from mid-15c.; carpentry sense is from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Both were made of a plastic known as a sheet molding compound .
- 2. The abs granules are vacuumed up and moved toward the molding machine .
- 3. Currently all molding is done in the company 's main headquarters in denmark .
- 4. Diagnostic device : made using plastic injection molding , this microfluidic chip is inexpensive to produce .
- 5. Even in the days when asian firms made simple calculators , the cost of opening a factory , hiring experts in plastic molding and electronic circuitry and figuring out distribution all proved to be barriers to entry .