molten
adjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈmɒltən//
- United Kingdom//ˈməʊltən//
- United States//ˈmoʊltən//
Melted, especially due to great heat
adjective
- 1
Melted, especially due to great heat
molten metal, wax, rock
Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.
- 2
Made from a melted substance.
- 3
Glowing red-hot.
Etymology
From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.
verb
- 1
Also a form of meltarchaicpast participle of melt
Forms
- comparative
- more molten
- superlative
- most molten
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