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“Moldings” or “Mouldings”

Language

Moldings and mouldings are both English terms.

Usage

Moldings is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while mouldings is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term US UK India Philippines Canada Australia Liberia Ireland New Zealand Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Guyana
moldings 66 5 16 32 26 6 0 3 10 0 0 0
mouldings 34 95 84 68 74 94 0 97 90 0 100 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "moldings" over "mouldings" (66 to 34).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 95 to 5 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In India, there is a 84 to 16 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In the Philippines, there is a 68 to 32 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In Canada, there is a 74 to 26 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In Australia, there is a 94 to 6 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "moldings" and "mouldings".
  • In Ireland, there is a 97 to 3 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 90 to 10 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "moldings" and "mouldings".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "mouldings" over "moldings".
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "moldings" and "mouldings".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use moldings or mouldings with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “moldings”

  • Revash's funeral houses have moldings around the tops of the
  • widespread use of highly sophisticated moldings and columnar orders.
  • feature carved floral decorations and moldings, while the doors leading to
  • flares, and black rocker panel moldings.
  • have only plain baseboards and moldings), six-panelled transomed doors off corridors
  • Make or install sashes or moldings for glass installation
  • due to the wider side moldings.
  • wooden surrounds and plaster cornice moldings at the ceiling.
  • and original doors with architrave moldings.
  • uses Technic pieces and specialist moldings to create a set of

Examples of “mouldings”

  • a cornice interrupted by rounded mouldings, an arched entrance flanked by
  • a round-arched stone-dressed window with mouldings, linked to the entablature by
  • The pabhaga has five base mouldings — khura, kumbha, pata, kani
  • pressed metal cornice, featuring decorative mouldings and lions heads.
  • doors and fittings have no mouldings.
  • Bada is of five mouldings measuring 1.68 m. Gandi with
  • the front bumpers, chrome exterior mouldings, chrome window trims and a
  • arches without tracery and convoluted mouldings, is known as Early English
  • by panels with dog tooth mouldings.
  • with slightly rounded window corner mouldings but by comparison with Stanier


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