Definitions for molten

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molten mol·ten

Spelling: [mohl-tn]

IPA: /ˈmoʊl tn/

Molten is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in molten (elmnot).

Definitions for molten

noun

1. the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
2. something that is melted.
3. a quantity melted at one time.
4. a sandwich or other dish topped with melted cheese:

verb

1. a past participle of melt1 .

adjective

1. liquefied by heat; in a state of fusion; melted:
2. produced by melting and casting:

verb (used with object)

1. to reduce to a liquid state by warmth or heat; fuse:
2. to cause to pass away or fade.
3. to cause to pass, change, or blend gradually.
4. to soften in feeling, as a person or the heart.

verb (used without object)

1. to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
2. to become liquid; dissolve:
3. to pass, dwindle, or fade gradually (often followed by away):
4. to pass, change, or blend gradually (often followed by into):
5. to become softened in feeling by pity, sympathy, love, or the like:
6. Obsolete. to be subdued or overwhelmed by sorrow, dismay, etc.

Origin of molten

1250-1300; Middle English; old past participle of melt¹

Examples for molten

Lest you forget our planet has a molten core, this volatile Italian isle will set you straight.

When Earth first formed, its surface was molten, so there are no rocks for us to study from that era.

These are mixed while in a molten condition, and are then allowed to cool.

Where it had been was only blackness and the dying glow of molten rock.

He felt it slipping down into his empty stomach, like a steam of molten lead.

There is no better thing on a Sunday afternoon than a fruity, molten, crunchy crumble.

His black hair, with the sunset full upon it, was like molten bronze.

In another clip, an angel made from what appears to be molten lava crawls out of the earth.

In a moment the cast drops like a breath on the molten silver.

The moist rectangle of cooked meat and molten blob of cheese are then layered in a hard roll.