molten
adjective
- ade liquid by heat; melted
- made by melting and casting in a mold
- brilliantly glowing, from or as if from intense heat
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.
- 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.”
- Made from a melted substance.
- 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.
- past participle of melt