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TOEFL BNC: 12612 COCA: 13274

molten

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molten /ˈmoʊltn̩/ adjective
molten
/ˈmoʊltn̩/
adjective
Learner's definition of MOLTEN
always used before a noun
: melted by heat熔化的;熔融的
TOEFL BNC: 12612 COCA: 13274

molten

adjective

mol·​ten ˈmōl-tᵊn How to pronounce molten (audio)
1
: fused or liquefied by heat : melted
molten lava
2
: having warmth or brilliance : glowing
the molten sunlight of warm skies T. B. Costain
3
obsolete : made by melting and casting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Russian natural gas has fired the furnaces that create molten stainless steel at Clemens Schmees’s family foundry since 1961, when his father set up shop in a garage in the western part of Germany. New York Times, 15 July 2022 The metal is heated at about 3000 degrees Fahrenheit into white-hot, molten steel, then cooled and carefully rolled into rail, wire rod, rebar or pipe. Rachel Woolf For Cnn, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022 Magma moving through the crust can also cause seismic activity as new cracks form or widen to accommodate the molten rock. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 As a result, silicon became concentrated in pockets of molten rock. David Bressan, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Shortly after the Earth formed, its crust would have been composed of a relatively even layer of solid rock that acted as a lid over the still-molten mantle below. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022 Earth tremors can be a signal of molten material rising upward, refueling the magma chamber beneath a volcano. David Bressan, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The soldiers burned alive in their tanks as missiles and molten armor flew through the air, striking roofs and shattering windows. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of molten was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 12612 COCA: 13274

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