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Aspergillus |
a genus of fungus that is classified as a mold. |
aspic1 |
a gelatin, usu. of meat or fish stock, used as a garnish for fish or meat or to make a mold of various foods. |
block |
a mold on which a thing, esp. a hat, is shaped or displayed. [1/19 definitions] |
blue cheese |
a rich strong-flavored semisoft cheese made of cow's milk and veined with blue mold. |
bombe |
a frozen dessert consisting of two or more different kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold. |
cast |
to form into a hard object by pouring or setting material into a mold. [4/12 definitions] |
casting |
the act or process of forming a cast or mold. [2/4 definitions] |
charlotte |
a dessert made by lining a mold with cake, which is then filled with custard, cooked fruit, or whipped cream. |
cupcake |
a little cake for one person. Cupcakes are baked in a mold that has the size and shape of a cup. |
die casting |
the process of forcing molten metal into a metallic mold under pressure to make castings. [1/2 definitions] |
electrotype |
a copy or facsimile made by electroplating a mold, in wax, lead, or plastic, of an original plate, and used esp. in printing. [2/3 definitions] |
form |
something that imparts shape, such as a mold. [2/16 definitions] |
found3 |
to melt and pour (metal or glass) into a mold. [2 definitions] |
fungus |
a kind of living thing that is similar to a plant but that cannot make its own food. Some kinds of fungus are mushrooms and mold2. |
fusty |
full of or smelling like mold or mildew. [1/2 definitions] |
ingot |
a mass of metal cast into a shape that makes it easily handled or stored, or the mold in which it is cast. |
leaf mold |
a type of mold that grows on leaves. [1/2 definitions] |
loam |
to cover or mold with loam. [1/2 definitions] |
madeleine |
a rich cakelike pastry baked in a small mold. |
mask |
a representation made from a mold taken of a person's face. [1/11 definitions] |
matrix |
a mold from which casts are made. [1/5 definitions] |
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