Meaning

3 senses
  1. Melted, especially due to great heat

    molten metal, wax, rock

    geschmolzen

    распла́вленныйrasplávlennyj

  2. Made from a melted substance.

  3. Glowing red-hot.

More definitions
  • reduced to liquid form by heating

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Tom is a solid and determined man, but sometimes he's as impetuous as a river of molten lava.

    Том - твердий і рішучий чоловік, але часом він такий же бурхливий, як річка розплавленої лави.

    deTom ist ein zuverlässiger, zielstrebiger Mann. Aber manchmal ist er ungestüm wie ein Strom flüssiger Lava.

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  2. Earth has a core of molten iron-nickel.

    ruЯдро Земли состоит из расплавленного железа и никеля.

    deDie Erde hat einen geschmolzenen Eisen-Nickel-Kern.

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  3. She poured the molten lead into a funnel.

    ruОна залила расплавленный свинец в литник.

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  4. This is a can of molten mutton fat.

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  5. Earth has a core of molten iron and nickel.

    ruЯдро Земли состоит из расплавленного железа и никеля.

    deDer Erdkern besteht aus geschmolzenem Eisen und Nickel.

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Translations

7 languages
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Pro

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.

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Forms

more molten, most molten
Comparativemore molten Lesson
Superlativemost molten Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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