afgietsel

Definitions of afgietsel
  1. noun
    container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
    synonyms: vorm
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    types:
    zandbed
    mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
    type of:
    container, laadkist
    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)
  2. noun
    a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge
    synonyms: kader, lijst, omkadering, raam, raamwerk
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    type of:
    rand, richel, scherp, snede, snee, snijkant
    the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
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