molten
/ˈməʊlt(ə)n
/adjective
(Especially of materials with a high melting point, such as metal and glass) liquefied by heat.A spectacular form of heat advection occurs when molten rock, or magma, erupts from a volcano....
- Watch skilled craftspeople create intricate designs from the intense heat of molten glass.
- Solidification of the molten material into rocks happened as the Earth cooled.
Synonyms
liquefied, liquid, fluid, melted, flowing, soft
Origin
Middle English: archaic past participle of melt.
Rhymes
- Means' grass
- means of grace
- means of production
- mean solar day
- mean solar time
- mean-spirited
- mean-spiritedness
- mean square
- mean-square deviation
- mean-square error
- means test
- means testable
- mean streak
- mean streets
- mean sun
- means–end
- means–ends
- meant
- mean time
- meantime
- mean tone
- meantone
- mean to say
- mean-value theorem
- mean well