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MOLTEN
molten, liquefied, liquified
(adjective) reduced to liquid form by heating; “a mass of molten rock”
MELT
fade, melt
(verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; “The scene begins to fade”; “The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”
mellow, melt, mellow out
(verb) become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; “With age, he mellowed”
dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt
(verb) become or cause to become soft or liquid; “The sun melted the ice”; “the ice thawed”; “the ice cream melted”; “The heat melted the wax”; “The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase”; “dethaw the meat”
melt, meld
(verb) lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; “Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene”
melt, run, melt down
(verb) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; “melt butter”; “melt down gold”; “The wax melted in the sun”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
molten (comparative more molten, superlative most molten)
Melted.
Made from a melted substance.
Glowing red-hot.
Verb
molten
(archaic) past participle of melt
Anagrams
• Melton, loment, melton, tolmen
Source: Wiktionary
Mol"ten, a. Etym: [See Melt.]
1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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