Something shaped or designed to serve as a model from which a thing is to be made; a design, an outline; an original. Also figurative.

A prototype on which something is modelled or based; a pattern according to which something is made. Obsolete.

gen. A prototype on which something is modelled or based; a pattern according to which something is made; = exemplar, n. 1a. Obsolete.

A hollow form or matrix into which fluid material is poured or plastic material is pressed and allowed to cool or harden so as to form an object…

The first or primary type of a person or thing; an original on which something is modelled or from which it is derived; an exemplar, an archetype.

figurative and in figurative contexts.

= prototype, n. 1a.

An original of which a copy is made. Obsolete. rare.

The original pattern or model from which copies are made; a prototype.

The first thing or being of its kind; an original, an archetype. The first example of something; a model, a pattern. Now rare.

A pattern, type; the original of which something else is a copy; a preliminary sketch or draft; something in an undeveloped state. Obsolete.

An exemplar, an archetype; (originally) spec. an image from which a mould is made.

figurative. The original of which something is a copy, or from which it is derived.

Archaeology. An artefact abandoned at a preparatory stage of manufacture but having the intended final shape apparent. Cf. to rough out 1 at rough…