Molten

Word MOLTEN
Character 6
Hyphenation mol ten
Pronunciations /ˈmɒltən/

Definitions and meanings of "Molten"

What do we mean by molten?

Made liquid by heat; melted. adjective

Made by melting and casting in a mold. adjective

Brilliantly glowing, from or as if from intense heat. adjective

Having molted; being in the state of molting.

Melted; in a state of fusion or solution: as, molten gold.

Made or produced by means of melting.

Liquid.

Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat. adjective

Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed. adjective

Melted. adjective

Made from molten substance. adjective

Glowing red-hot. adjective

Past participle of melt verb

Reduced to liquid form by heating adjective

To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

To dissolve, disperse, vanish.

To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.

To be discouraged.

To be emotionally softened or touched.

To be very hot and sweat profusely.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Molten

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The word "molten" in example sentences

Ash from the process is captured in molten glass, producing an obsidian-like material that can be buried in landfills or used in construction materials. ❋ Michael Totty (2010)

To resist the washout and soldering, die materials should have high hot hardness, good temper resistance, low solubility in molten aluminum and good oxidation resistance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This invisible barrier forms so quickly that aluminum seems, even in molten form, to be an inert metal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Their program would save and store captured solar energy in molten salt, the new solar plant will produce up to 500 megawatts of peak power — comparable to what a regular coal power plant can produce, only with no greenhouse gas emissions. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ok, let me get this straight, you were doing backstokes in molten lava to test that new diving suit and this beast came out of nowhere and swallowed you whole? ❋ Nathreee (2008)

It sucked in molten rock through its slatted gills and shot it out in an arcing stream of hardening glass towards the meat icicles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The basic idea is that uranium and existing lead separate when in molten lava. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I am unfortunately immersed in molten lava from an erupting volcano. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Preacher lady and the Jesus police start mumbling and beseeching G_d to strike me down and boil me in molten tar. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was a time, too, when you saw your words stamped out in molten lead. ❋ Unknown (2000)

First of all, "he continued," when you are working in molten metal you learn to be careful. ❋ Unknown (1983)

(As the small Juan de Fuca plate is pushed beneath the North American plate off the Washington and Oregon coasts, it melts at the tremendous temperatures and pressures of the earth's depths and then flows upward, in molten form, as lava.) ❋ Unknown (1981)

"A metamorphic Precambrian layer known as the Vishnu Basement..." in other words, molten rock from when this planet was born. ❋ Sara Ruffin Costello (2011)

At left, the lights on the casino floor are meant to recall molten steel rods. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, it is not clear how these proposed oceans can stay in a liquid state, as it seems unlikely there is significant tectonic activity (as it has very little mass to sustain a long-term molten core) and it is not orbiting a tidally disruptive body (like the icy moon ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, it's best known as molten underground rock waiting to explode out of a volcano and flow viscously through your run-of-the-mill Polynesian village. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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