molder1

[mohl-der] /ˈmoʊl dər/
verb (used without object)
1.
to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away:
a house that had been left to molder.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cause to molder.
Also, especially British, moulder.
Origin
1525-35; obsolete mold to crumble (v. use of mold3) + -er6
Related forms
unmoldered; especially British, unmouldered, adjective
unmoldering; especially British, unmouldering, adjective

molder2

[mohl-der] /ˈmoʊl dər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that molds.
2.
a person who makes molds.
3.
Printing. one of a set of electrotyped plates used only for making duplicate electrotypes.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English; see mold1, -er1
Examples from the web for molder
  • The remains of plants processed for human purposes molder in landfills across the world.
  • The novel, in the century that fol- lowed, would no longer be seen as an important molder of much of any- thing.
  • They are not mentioned in biographical dictionaries, and their, books molder unread in the spare bedrooms of country cottages.
  • At thirteen, he was apprenticed to the iron-molder's trade.
  • Claimant worked weekday and weekend shifts as a molder, doing good to excellent work.
  • The lien attaches when the die, mold, or form is delivered to the customer or molder.
  • The company is a custom molder of plastic parts for a variety of industries.
  • The metal powder was filled in the space between the concentric molder of pipe type.
  • Under actual usage conditions a molder will adjust the initiator to meet a gel time requirement.
  • The injection-molding process starts with the suctioning of plastic resin material into a feed chamber of the injection-molder.
British Dictionary definitions for molder

molder

/ˈməʊldə/
verb, noun
1.
the US spelling of moulder1

moulder1

/ˈməʊldə/
verb
1.
(often foll by away) to crumble or cause to crumble, as through decay
Word Origin
C16: verbal use of mould³

moulder2

/ˈməʊldə/
noun
1.
a person who moulds or makes moulds
2.
(printing) one of the set of electrotypes used for making duplicates
Word Origin and History for molder
v.

also moulder, "to crumble away," 1530s, probably frequentative of mold (n.3) "loose earth." Related: Moldered; moldering.

n.

also moulder, mid-15c., "one who molds or forms," agent noun from mold (v.). From late 13c. as a surname.