adjective
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
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a shaped handgrip
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the molded steel plates
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the wrought silver bracelet
• Similar to: ↑formed
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adjective or moulded1. : decorated or finished with a molding
molded panel
2.
a. : formed in or on a mold
molded pottery
molded plywood
specifically : blown in a mold
molded glass is usually called blown-molded by most collectors — G.S. & Helen McKearin
— compare blowing 4, pressed glass
b. : determined by or cut to specifications prepared in a mold loft — used of the parts of a ship
molded line
molded keel
3. : close-fitting
molded bodice
Useful english dictionary. 2012.