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nounthe process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
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adjectivebecoming liquid
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Definition that contains melting
- pig a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace
- burned treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- burnt treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
- kettle (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
- fusion the act of fusing (or melting) together
- sublime change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- meltdown severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping
- slushy being or resembling melting snow
- sublimate change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- spate the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow