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(mōlt), Mould·er (mōld"ẽr), Mould·y (mōld"y̆), etc.

See Mold, Molder, Moldy, etc.

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Fungi characterized by their branched filamentous structure (mycelium), including mushrooms and smaller fungi.

(1) They can cause food spoilage very rapidly, e.g. white Mucor, grey-green Penicillium, black Aspergillus. Many also produce mycotoxins. (2) Some are used for large-scale manufacture of citric acid (Aspergillus niger), ripening of cheeses (Penicillium spp.), and as sources of enzymes for industrial use. (3) A number of foods are fermented with moulds. (4) The mycelium of Fusarium spp. is used as mycoprotein. (5) Most of the antibiotics are mould products.

Architecture: mould, moulding
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British variants of mold, molding.

Archaeology Dictionary: mould
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1. The hollow former into which molten material (typically metal) is poured or soft plastic material is pressed to harden into a required predetermined shape. The simplest type of mould is a one-piece open former in which the casting emerges with one flat unshaped face. Two- and three-piece moulds for use in metalworking were available from middle Bronze Age times onwards. Moulds were also used for making figurines and occasionally for making pottery (e.g. relief-decorated Samian ware).

2. [De].In American archaeology this term is used to refer to the topsoil.
Veterinary Dictionary: mold
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Any of a group of parasitic and saprophytic fungi causing a cottony growth on organic substances; also, the deposit of growth produced by such fungi. See also fungi, fungal.

  • m. nephrosis — ochratoxin A and citrinin in moldy feed cause nephrosis in pigs.
 
 
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Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
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