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mold | kitchen |

As a noun mold

is a hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance or mold can be (senseid)a natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air or mold can be loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.

As a verb mold

is to shape in or on a mold or mold can be to cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon or mold can be to cover with mold or soil.

As a proper noun kitchen is

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mold

English

(wikipedia mold)

Alternative forms

* mould (Commonwealth spelling)

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) and (etyl), from (etyl) modulus

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
  • A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
  • Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
  • The shape or pattern of a mold.
  • General shape or form.
  • :
  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Crowned with an architrave of antique mould .
  • *
  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold , like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
  • Distinctive character or type.
  • :
  • A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
  • :
  • (lb) A group of moldings.
  • :
  • (lb) A fontanelle.
  • Derived terms
    * break the mold * (archaeology) post mold * (paleontology) fossil mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shape in or on a mold.
  • To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
  • * Job 10:8-9, Old Testament , New International Version:
  • Your hands shaped me and made me....Remember that you molded me like clay.
  • To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence; as, a teacher who helps to mold the minds of his students
  • To fit closely by following the contours of.
  • To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
  • To ornament with moldings.
  • To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
  • These shoes gradually molded to my feet.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, 'slick, soft'. More at muck and meek.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
  • Derived terms
    * moldy, mouldy
    See also
    * mildew

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
  • To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ‘flour’), from *mel''- (compare English ''meal ). More at meal.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
  • Derived terms
    * leaf mold

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with mold or soil.
  • English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    kitchen

    English

    (wikipedia kitchen) (Kitchens)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A room or area for preparing food.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […]  A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
  • An admixture of languages spoken to convey meaning between non-native speakers.
  • * 1885 , , (w, King Solomon's Mines) ,
  • Sir Henry and Umbopo sat conversing in a mixture of broken English and kitchen Zulu, in low voices, but earnestly enough.
  • (African American Vernacular English) The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
  • Cuisine.
  • (music) The percussion section of an orchestra.
  • * 1981 , Norman Del Mar, Anatomy of the Orchestra ,
  • For obvious reasons the percussion is normally arranged along the back of the platform, whether centrally or to one side, and sometimes also in two tiers, the heavy, noisier instruments behind, and the pitched, agile instruments such as vibraphone, marimba, etc. in front. An outstanding exception, however, exists in Roberto Gerhard's Epithalamion where the composer expressly desired that the all-important kitchen department be spread out in front of the strings and hence nearest the audience.
  • (dated) A utensil for roasting meat.
  • a tin kitchen

    Usage notes

    * (area for preparing food) A (term), (term), or the like, or one (term), is one suitable for use in prepared foods.

    Derived terms

    * back kitchen * everything but the kitchen sink * * kitchendom * kitchenette * kitchening * kitchenless * kitchen paper * kitchenry * kitchen supper * kitchen towel * kitchen table software * kitchen utensil * kitchenware