any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold

form in clay, wax, etc

a mold for setting concrete

mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface

mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal

The combined open area of the molding material and core, where the metal is poured to produce the casting; used in die casting.