Meaning

2 senses
  1. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

    Schmelzen

    плавящийсяplavjaščijsja, расплавленныйrasplavlennyj

    the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

  2. (figuratively)The act of softening or mitigating.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
process of changing the state of a substance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
process of changing the state of a substance:

Forms

plural: meltings
Singularmelting
Pluralmeltings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid:thawmeltthawing

Word family

5 related words

See also

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