molten

adjective
/ˈmɒltən/

melted, especially due to great heat

Example

“molten metal, wax, rock”

Other meanings

Made from a melted substance. en
glowing red-hot.

Synonyms

liquefied
liquified

Related words

nonmolten
premolten
remolten
unmolten
moltenly
molten chocolate cake
molten lava cake
molten plastic
semimolten

Example sentences

“The crane accidentally dropped the pot of molten metal.”
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Word history

From Old English "molten".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “molten” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.