moulder

¹

/ ˈməʊldə /

noun

1. a person who moulds or makes moulds

2. printing one of the set of electrotypes used for making duplicates

moulder

²

/ ˈməʊldə /

verb

1. (often foll by away) to crumble or cause to crumble, as through decay

Word History and Origins

Origin of moulder¹

C16: verbal use of _mould ³

Example Sentences

Are sought in vain, and o'er each mouldering tower,

From Literature

Many of these will be worn once, and then spend the next couple of decades mouldering in landfill.

From The Guardian

Rather, it is the perfect example of a mouldering public education system, crippled by Venezuela’s economic collapse.

From The Guardian

She’d taken refuge in an abandoned maintenance building, sniffling in the dust and dark under an old workbench, hidden behind a tangle of mouldering robot limbs.

From Nature

Millions of Africa’s meteorological records are mouldering in cardboard boxes or languishing on obsolete technology spread across the continent.

From Nature