different between mould vs scapular

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mo?ld/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Etymology 1

Via Middle English molde, moulde and Old French molde, from Latin modulus.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“hollow form or matrix”)

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Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to shape in a mould”)

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Etymology 2

From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of moulen, mawlen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *mugl?n?, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz (“soft substance”) (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.

Noun

mould (countable and uncountable, plural moulds)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“growth of tiny fungi”)

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Verb

mould (third-person singular simple present moulds, present participle moulding, simple past and past participle moulded)

1. (British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian spelling) Alternative spelling of mold (“to cause to become mouldy”)

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Etymology 3

From Old English molde. Cognate with Old High German molta, Old Norse mold and Gothic ???????????????????? (mulda).

Noun

mould (plural moulds)

1. loose soil, esp when rich in organic matter
2. (poetic) the earth

English

Etymology

From Latin scapul?re, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?skapj?l?/

Noun

scapular (plural scapulars)

1. (Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint. [from 15th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 30:

     A scapular, or friar's coat, for example, was a coveted object to be worn as a preservative against pestilence or the ague […]

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 409:

     She granted the Whitefriars identical powers to the Blackfriars, to bless a part of their friar's habit which draped over their shoulders and was known as the scapular; now laity could wear it and derive spiritual privileges from it.

2. (ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
3. A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
4. (Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.

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Adjective

scapular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the scapula. [from 18th c.]

Related terms

• scaption

Translations

Anagrams

• capsular, crapulas

Romanian

Etymology

From French scapulaire

Adjective

scapular m or n (feminine singular scapular?, masculine plural scapulari, feminine and neuter plural scapulare)

1. scapular

Declension