different between skeleton vs mould

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?l?t?n/

Etymology 1

From New Latin sceleton, from Ancient Greek ???????? (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from ?????? (skéll?, “dry, dry up, make dry, parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh?- (“to parch, wither”); compare Ancient Greek ??????? (skl?rós, “hard”).

Alternative forms

• sceleton (obsolete)

Noun

skeleton (plural skeletons or skeleta)

1. (anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
2. An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
3. (figuratively) A very thin person.

4. (figuratively) The central core of something that gives shape to the entire structure.

5. (architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
6. (computing) A client-helper procedure that communicates with a stub.

7. (geometry) The vertices and edges of a polyhedron, taken collectively.
8. (printing) A very thin form of light-faced type.
9. (attributive) Reduced to a minimum or bare essentials.

Synonyms

• (anatomy): ottomy (obsolete), skellington (nonstandard)
• (very thin person): see also Thesaurus:thin person
• (central core giving shape to something): backbone

Antonyms

• (computing): stub

Derived terms

• skeletal
• skeletally
• skelly

Related terms

Translations

Verb

skeleton (third-person singular simple present skeletons, present participle skeletoning, simple past and past participle skeletoned)

1. (archaic) to reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize
2. (archaic) to minimize

See also

• bone

Etymology 2

The etymology of the term is disputed between two versions.

• From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.
• From Norwegian kjaelke (a type of ice sled) through a bad anglicization as "skele".

Noun

skeleton (uncountable)

1. (sports, uncountable) A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.

   Synonym: skeleton tobogganing

   Coordinate terms: luge, bobsled

Translations

References

Further reading

• skeleton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• skeleton (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• skeleton (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Noun

skeleton

1. accusative singular of skeleto

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ske.le.t??/

Noun

skeleton m (uncountable)

1. skeleton (winter sport)

Derived terms

• skeletoneur

Portuguese

Noun

skeleton m (uncountable)

1. skeleton (type of tobogganing)

Related terms

• esqueleto

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”)

Translations

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”)

Translations

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”)

Translations

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”)

Translations

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