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mould¹

  • /məʊld/ UK
  • /moʊld/ Canada, US
  • [moːɫd] Canada, US
  • /məʉld/ Australia
  • [məʉɫd] Australia
  • /mɐʉld/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

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

noun moulds

  1. countable, uncountable Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. The design it is to assume is formed in a metal mould, and into this the leather, in its pliant state is forced by a hydraulic power.

verb moulds · moulding · moulded

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. Atlantic gales constantly buffet Morwenstow, whose seven hamlets together constitute Cornwall's most northerly parish. The village is dotted with trees moulded into weird shapes by the wind, and above the trees rise the vicarage chimneystacks resembling miniature church towers.

mould²

  • /məʊld/ UK
  • /moʊld/ Canada, US
  • [moːɫd] Canada, US
  • /məʉld/ Australia
  • [məʉɫd] Australia
  • /mɐʉld/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

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 moulds

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

verb moulds · moulding · moulded

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

mould³

  • /məʊld/ UK
  • /moʊld/ Canada, US
  • [moːɫd] Canada, US
  • /məʉld/ Australia
  • [məʉɫd] Australia
  • /mɐʉld/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

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

noun moulds

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

mould⁴

  • /məʊld/ UK
  • /moʊld/ Canada, US
  • [moːɫd] Canada, US
  • /məʉld/ Australia
  • [məʉɫd] Australia
  • /mɐʉld/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -əʊld

noun moulds

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

Mould⁵

Where it comes from

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Mauld, reduced from Anglo-Norman Mathilde, a form of the name Matilda. This was a learned borrowing much less common than the vernacular forms Mahalt, Maud and the reduced pet form Till.

proper noun Moulds

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mold, molding, forge, modeling, model, cast, form, shape, clay sculpture, basin, moisture, straitjacket, stencil, suit, blueprint, vomitus

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mould. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mould

Chicago

"mould." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mould.

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@misc{mould_2026,
  title = {mould},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mould},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}