|  moulding 
 
 1. a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing
 • Syn:
 molding
 • Hypernyms:
 decoration, ornament, ornamentation
 • Hyponyms:
 annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet,
 architrave, baseboard, mopboard, skirting board, beading, bead,
 beadwork, astragal, cavetto, conge, congee, cornice,
 cyma, cymatium, egg-and-dart, egg-and-anchor, egg-and-tongue, gorgerin,
 necking, ovolo, thumb, quarter round, quirk molding, quirk moulding,
 rib, subbase, surbase, torus, tore
 2. sculpture produced by molding
 • Syn:
 mold, mould, molding, modeling, clay sculpture
 • Derivationally related forms:
 model (for: modeling), mould, mold (for: molding), mould (for: mould), mold (for: mold)
 • Hypernyms:
 sculpture
 3. a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
 • Syn:
 modeling, modelling, molding
 • Derivationally related forms:
 mould, mold (for: molding), model (for: modelling), model (for: modeling)
 • Hypernyms:
 sculpture, carving
 4. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
 • Syn:
 molding, border
 • Hypernyms:
 edge
 • Part Holonyms:
 picture frame
 
 
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