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mould 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?shaped container?
2 ?type of person?
3 break the mould
4 ?growing substance?
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?SHAPED CONTAINER?
[C] a hollow container that you pour a liquid or soft substance into, so that when it becomes solid, it takes the shape of the container
::Another method, used especially for figures, was to pour the clay into a mould.
::lime jell-o in a mould
?TYPE OF PERSON?
[singular] if someone is in a particular mould, or fits into a particular mould, they have all the attitudes and qualities typical of a type of person
fit (into) a mould
::She didn't quite fit into the standard 'high-flying businesswoman' mould.
in the same mould (as sb/sth)/in the mould of sb/sth
::a socialist intellectual in the mould of Anthony Crossland
break the mould
to change a situation completely, by doing something that has not been done before
::an attempt to break the mould of British politics
?GROWING SUBSTANCE?
[U] a soft green, grey, or black substance that grows on food which has been kept too long, and on objects that are in warm, wet air
::The chemical was used to kill a mold that grows on peanuts.
::The walls were black with mould.
-see also leaf mould