molding

The act or process of molding.

Something that is molded.

An embellishment in strip form, made of wood or other structural material, that is used to decorate or finish a surface, such as the wall of a room or building or the surface of a door or piece of furniture.

The act of covering with mold; mold used to cover the roots of plants.

The process of shaping any plastic substance into a given form, as wax into artistic figures, or clay into bricks.

Anything cast in a mold, or anything formed as if by a mold.

In architecture, a member of construction or decoration so treated as to introduce varieties of outline or contour in edges or surfaces, whether on projections or in cavities, such as on cornices, string-courses, bases, door- or window-jambs, lintels, etc.

The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder.

Anything cast in a mold, or which appears to be so, as grooved or ornamental bars of wood or metal, or sculptures.

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.