DRIP MOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drip mold mean? 

• DRIP MOLD (noun)
  The noun DRIP MOLD has 1 sense:

1. (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

  Familiarity information: DRIP MOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRIP MOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drip; drip mold; drip mould

Hypernyms ("drip mold" is a kind of...):

projection (any structure that branches out from a central support)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drip mold"):

dripstone; hoodmold; hoodmould (a protective drip that is made of stone)