1. A pattern or template used as a guide in construction.

2. A cavity which imparts its form to a fluid or malleable substance.

The metal part derived from the master by electroforming in reproducing disk recordings; has grooves similar to those of the recording.

Soft, crumbling friable earth.

1. To form a plastic substance by placing it in a matrix or form.

2. The form or matrix for shaping a plastic substance.

Any of various woolly fungus growths.

An impression made in rock or earth material by an inner or outer surface of a fossil shell or other organic structure; a complete mold would be the hollow space.