Molding

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: mold=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

Molding, n. 

•  The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied.  [WordNet 1.5]

Molding, p. a. 

 Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.  [1913 Webster]

Molding board or Moulding board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped. -- Molding machine or Moulding machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (b) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. -- Molding mill or Moulding mill, a mill for shaping timber. -- Molding sand or Moulding sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Molding, US var. of MOULDING.

THESAURUS

Molding

CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, anatomy, architectonics, architectural sculpture, architecture, arrangement, assembly, bone-carving, build, building, cast, casting, ceroplastics, chasing, clay sculpture, composition, conformation, constitution, construction, conversion, crafting, craftsmanship, creation, cultivation, decorative sculpture, devising, earth art, efformation, elaboration, embossing, engraving, erection, extraction, fabric, fabrication, fashion, fashioning, figuration, forging, form, format, formation, formature, forming, formulation, founding, frame, framing, garden sculpture, gem-cutting, getup, glass sculpture, glyptic, growing, handicraft, handiwork, harvesting, ivory-carving, lost-wax process, machining, make, makeup, making, manufacture, manufacturing, metal sculpture, milling, mining, modeling, mold, monumental sculpture, morphogenesis, morphogeny, organic structure, organism, organization, paper sculpture, pattern, patterning, physique, plan, plaster casting, plastic art, portrait sculpture, prefabrication, preparation, processing, producing, production, raising, refining, relief, relief-carving, relievo, sculptor, sculpture, sculpturing, seal, setup, shape, shaping, shell-carving, smelting, stamp, statuary, stone sculpture, stonecutting, structure, structuring, tectonics, texture, tissue, warp and woof, weave, web, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carving, workmanship, xyloglyphy

ROGET THESAURUS

Molding

Ornament

N ornament, floridness c, adj, turgidity, turgescence, altiloquence, declamation, teratology, well-rounded periods, elegance, orotundity, inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia, figurativeness, flourish, flowers of speech, flowers of rhetoric, frills of style, euphuism, euphemism, big-sounding words, high-sounding words, macrology, sesquipedalia verba, Alexandrine, inflation, pretension, rant, bombast, fustian, prose run mad, fine writing, sesquipedality, Minerva press, phrasemonger, euphuist, euphemist, ornament, beautified, ornate, florid, rich, flowery, euphuistic, euphemistic, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, inflated, swelling, tumid, turgid, turgescent, pedantic, pompous, stilted, orotund, high flown, high flowing, sententious, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian, Johnsonian, mouthy, bombastic, fustian, frothy, flashy, flaming, antithetical, alliterative, figurative, artificial, ore rutundo, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art, ornature, ornateness, adornment, decoration, embellishment, architecture, jewelry, garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer, gilding, plating, ormolu, enamel, cloisonn_e, cosmetics (in general), makeup, eye shadow, rouge, face powder, lipstick, blush, pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting, detail, repousse (convexity), texture, richness, tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion, egg and tongue, egg and dart, astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche, pilaster, bead, beading, champleve ware, cloisonne ware, frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling, embroidery, brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming, hanging, tapestry, arras, millinery, ermine, drap d'or, wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, daisies pied and violets blue, tassel knot, shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog, star, rosette, bow, feather, plume, pompom, panache, aigrette, finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste, excess of ornament, gaud, pride, illustration, illumination, vignette, fleuron, head piece, tail piece, cul-de-lampe, flowers of rhetoric, work of art, ornamented, beautified, ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned, champleve, cloisonne, topiary, smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering, new gilt, new spangled, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, pranked out, bedight, well-groomed, in full dress, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage, in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette, in best bib and tucker, endimanche, showy, flashy, gaudy, garish, gairish, gorgeous, ornamental, decorative, becoming.