MOULD


Meaning of MOULD in English

( BrE ) ( AmE mold ) noun

1 hollow container

ADJECTIVE

▪ jello ( AmE ), jelly ( BrE )

▪ terrine

▪ ring

▪ prepared

Fill the prepared ~s with ice cream.

▪ plastic , rubber

VERB + MOULD/MOLD

▪ cast sth in , make sth in

The statues were cast in clay ~s.

▪ fill , pour sth into

▪ use

▪ create , make

▪ remove

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

Leave the clay in the ~ overnight.

▪ ~ for

a ~ for a bronze statue

2 type of sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ old ( esp. AmE ), traditional

VERB + MOULD/MOLD

▪ be cast in , be from , come from , fit , fit into

She is clearly from a different ~ from her team mate.

He doesn't fit into the usual ~ of bosses.

▪ break

Breaking the traditional ~ of local politics is not going to be easy.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

a young politician in the ~ of the great statesmen of the past

3 organic growth

ADJECTIVE

▪ bread , leaf , slime

▪ toxic

VERB + MOULD/MOLD

▪ be covered in , be covered with

The bread was covered in green ~.

MOULD/MOLD + VERB

▪ form , grow

▪ kill

MOULD/MOLD + NOUN

▪ spore

▪ growth

▪ problem

houses with ~ problems

▪ contamination

▪ exposure

▪ allergy

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