molten
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mol·ten
(mōl′tən)adj.
1. Made liquid by heat; melted: molten lead.
2. Made by melting and casting in a mold.
3. Brilliantly glowing, from or as if from intense heat: "A huge red bed of coals blazed and quivered with molten fury" (Richard Wright).
v. Archaic
A past participle of melt.
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molten
(ˈməʊltən)adj
1. liquefied; melted: molten lead.
2. made by having been melted: molten casts.
vb
the past participle of melt
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mol•ten
(ˈmoʊl tn)v.
1. a pp. of melt 1 .
adj. 2. liquefied by heat; being in a state of fusion.
3. produced by melting and casting.
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molten
adjective melted, soft, flowing, liquid, fluid, liquefied The molten metal is poured into the mould.
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Translations
مَصْهور، مُنْصَهِر
roztavený
megolvadtolvadt
bræddur
išlydytasišsilydęs
izkausētskausēts
roztavený
erimiş
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molten
adj → geschmolzen; glass, lava → flüssig
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molten
(məultən) adjective (of a solid) in a liquid state, having been melted. molten rock.
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