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mold
1. A container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape or form when it hardens.
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
4. Etymology: "a hollow shape" from the 12th century, from Old French modle; then from French moule; from Latin modulum, modulus, "measure, model" and ,I>modus, "manner".
2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
3. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
4. Etymology: "a hollow shape" from the 12th century, from Old French modle; then from French moule; from Latin modulum, modulus, "measure, model" and ,I>modus, "manner".
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mold (MOHLD) (noun)
Soft, loose earth that is especially suitable for flowers, vegetables, etc. because it is rich in decaying organic matter: James bought a bag of mold at the plant nursery for his garden.
mold (MOHLD) (noun)
1. A distinctive shape or characteristic: Reggie's personality was of the mold of a university academic.
2. An object used to create a certain shape: Trisha has a baking mold in the form of a tree which she uses at Christmas.
2. An object used to create a certain shape: Trisha has a baking mold in the form of a tree which she uses at Christmas.
mold (MOHLD) (verb)
To shape or to create a form often by using one's hands: Cara will mold the bread dough into a wreath before she bakes it.
The potter used his hands to mold the clay into a beautiful vase.
mold (MOHLD) (noun)
Any of a variety of fungus growths commonly found on the surfaces of decaying food or in warm, moist places, and usually having a woolly or furry texture: Albert saw three different types of mold on the rotting log in his backyard.
The bread was covered with mold, so Lenora had to throw it away and get some fresh bread for her family's dinner.
As a potter, Charles uses a mold to mold pots and containers in which to put garden mold for his balcony garden. He sometimes tries to feed the birds on his balcony, throwing them bits of bread which he was not going to eat because it had some mold on it.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“mold”
(Latin: mold, mushroom; any of a group of plants including mushrooms, molds, mildews, etc.)
(Latin: mucus, mucous, or mucosa; a viscid, slippery, slime secretion of the mucous membranes; related to mucor, "mold, moldiness")
(Greek > Latin: to beat, to strike; a blow; a dent, an impression, a mark, original form; a mold; a figure, an image, a form, a kind)