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molten

adjective

  1. ade liquid by heat; melted
  2. made by melting and casting in a mold
  3. brilliantly glowing, from or as if from intense heat
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒltən/ / /ˈməʊltən/ / /ˈmoʊltən/

adj

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.

  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.

verb

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.

  1. past participle of melt
molten — meaning, definition (adjective) · Vinony