molten

CEFRB2

/ˈmɒltən/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Melted by great heat.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Glowing red-hot.

Examples

  • Earth has a core of molten iron-nickel.

  • She poured the molten lead into a funnel.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmoʊltən/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Made from a melted substance.

  2. Melted, especially due to great heat

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of melt

More examples

In context

  • The volcano poured molten rock.

  • 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.

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Origin

adjective

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.