melter
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Origin of melter
Example Sentences
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It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025
The melter filled a first container with glass before the end of 2023 in the test run.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024
Eventually, vitrified low-activity waste will be disposed of on-site in stainless steel casks, and a separate melter just for high-level waste will come online to manage the most toxic waste.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
Dropping the melter’s temperature can damage the melter’s insulation, or refractory, which can harden and become ineffective if the temperature cools while the melter holds molten glass.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
“That’s the uncapper over there, where we take the wax off the comb. Then it goes through the wax melter over here.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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