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How to pronounce melt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms melting, thaw, thawing
Type of phase transition, phase change, heating, state change, warming, physical change


the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster.
Type Words
Synonyms fade
Type of weaken


The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk.
Type Words
Synonyms disappear, evaporate
Type of weaken


her resistance melted under his charm.
Type Words
Synonyms mellow, mellow out
Type of change
Verb group mellow
Type Words
Synonyms dethaw, dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw
Type of liquefy, liquify, flux
Has types defrost, de-ice, deice, deliquesce
Derivation melting, meltable, melter


The sun melted the ice.
the ice cream melted.
The heat melted the wax.
Type Words
Synonyms meld
Type of fuse, immix, mix, merge, meld, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux


Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene.
Type Words
Synonyms melt down, run
Type of dissolve, break up, resolve
Has types fuse, render, try
Verb group bleed, run
Derivation meltable, melting


melt butter.
melt down gold.
The wax melted in the sun.

Examples of melt

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Melt white chocolate with heavy cream in a double boiler, stirring until smooth.
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In a large frying pan, melt the butter with the olive oil over medium-high heat.
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However, once organic artifacts melt out of the ice, they could be lost forever.
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If not, just find some that melt your heart, no matter whose initials they bear.
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Melt 2 extra tablespoons of butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
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Repeat enough times to melt remaining chunks, applying heat in small increments.
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Where it burns into the metal, causing it to melt, the images show a hot region.
From the sciencedaily.com
In the coming years, sea ice in the Arctic Basin may melt due to climate change.
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The candy melt of the classic cake pop is a fine canvas for creative decoration.
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More examples
  • Thaw: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
  • Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"
  • Dissolve: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
  • Mellow: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"
  • Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
  • Fade: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
  • Melt can refer to:
  • Melt is the second album from the American country music group Rascal Flatts. It was released on October 29, 2002 (see 2002 in country music) on Lyric Street Records and sold 3,073,000 copies in the United States up to May 2009. ...
  • Melt is the term used to describe the working material in the steelmaking process, in making glass, and when forming thermoplastics. For thermoplastics, the term specifically refers to the plastic in its forming temperature, which can vary depending on how it is being used. ...