What is Mold?
A '''mold''' is a hollow shape which can be filled with a liquid which can harden or set and take the shape of the mold. [[File:Napfkuchen-Form.jpg|thumb|[[Bundt cake|Bundt]]-style [[silicone]] and metal pans (2008)|250x250px]][[File:Antique food molds.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Late 19th- and early 20th-century food molds]] Molds are used in cooking for [[jelly]] and [[Cake|cakes]]. [[File:Bronze spearhead mold.JPG|thumb|200 px|One half of a bronze mold for casting a socketed spear head dated to the period 1400-1000 BC. There are no known parallels for this mold.]] [[File:Bronze Age spear tip mould IMG 5123.jpg|thumb|Stone mold of the Bronze Age used to produce spear tips.|200x200px]] [[File:3310 - Athens - Stoà of Attalus Museum - Mould - Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, Nov 9 2009.jpg|thumb|Ancient Greek molds, used to mass-produce clay figurines, 5th/4th century BC. Beside them, the modern casts taken from them. On display in the [[Ancient Agora Museum]] in Athens, housed in the [[Stoa of Attalus]].|200x200px]] [[File:Wooden Moulds (used for jaggery & sweets).JPG|thumbnail|Ancient wooden molds used for [[jaggery]] & sweets, archaeological museum in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.|200x200px]] They are also used in manufacturing, sometimes for very complex things. See also [[mould]] [[Category:Manufacturing]] [[Category:Cooking]]