molten

[ mohl-tn ]

verb

1. a past participle of melt ¹.

adjective

1. liquefied by heat; in a state of fusion; melted:

   molten lead.

2. produced by melting and casting:

   a molten image.

molten

/ ˈməʊltən /

adjective

1. liquefied; melted

   molten lead

2. made by having been melted

   molten casts

verb

1. the past participle of melt

Other Words From

• molten·ly adverb
• super·molten adjective
• un·molten adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of molten¹

1250–1300; Middle English; old past participle of melt ¹

Example Sentences

There is no better thing on a Sunday afternoon than a fruity, molten, crunchy crumble.

From The Daily Beast

Underneath, however, lies the permanently molten lava of Scottish memory and its sense of English repression.

From The Daily Beast

The moist rectangle of cooked meat and molten blob of cheese are then layered in a hard roll.

From The Daily Beast

So, geologists have to look to other dating methods, ones that can measure into the period when rocks were still molten.

From The Daily Beast

When Earth first formed, its surface was molten, so there are no rocks for us to study from that era.

From The Daily Beast

They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a molten thing: You are our god.

From Project Gutenberg

What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image?

From Project Gutenberg

Through the fissures and crevices sheets of white sun-rays poured like molten silver.

From Project Gutenberg

The great rift in the volcano widened, and the molten lava was visible until steam rose again.

From Project Gutenberg

The cylinder of platinum gauze may be made by joining the ends of rolled gauze with pieces of molten glass.

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