"moulder" meaning in English

See moulder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈməʊldə/ [UK] Forms: moulders [plural]
Etymology: mould + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mould|er}} mould + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} moulder (plural moulders)
  1. A person who moulds dough into loaves. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-moulder-en-noun-K1U5DgaQ Disambiguation of People: 50 49 0 1
  2. Anyone who moulds or shapes things, including in a mould. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-moulder-en-noun-gU9oghrB Disambiguation of People: 50 49 0 1
  3. A machine used for moulding. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-moulder-en-noun-6rSLqMv3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈməʊldə/ [UK] Forms: moulders [present, singular, third-person], mouldering [participle, present], mouldered [participle, past], mouldered [past]
Etymology: Verbal use of mould. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mould#Etymology 3}} mould Head templates: {{en-verb}} moulder (third-person singular simple present moulders, present participle mouldering, simple past and past participle mouldered)
  1. (British spelling, transitive, intransitive) To decay or rot. Tags: UK, intransitive, transitive Related terms: mouldery Translations (to decay or rot): rotten (Dutch), vergaan (Dutch), гнить (gnitʹ) (Russian), розсипатися (rozsypatysja) (Ukrainian), розкладатися (rozkladatysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moulder-en-verb-hU0xlhsg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 10 7 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 9 9 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 21 17 14 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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