Definition of Molten

1. Adjective. Reduced to liquid form by heating. "A mass of molten rock"

Exact synonyms: Liquefied, Liquified
Similar to: Liquid, Liquified, Melted

Definition of Molten

1. a. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.

Definition of Molten

1. Adjective. Melted. ¹

2. Adjective. Made from '''molten''' substance. ¹

3. Adjective. Glowing red-hot. ¹

4. Verb. (past participle of melt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Molten

1. made liquid by heat [adj] : MOLTENLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Molten

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molossi
molossine
molossines
molossus
molossuses
molozonide
molozonides
molrac
molracs
mols
molsidomine
molt
moltable
molted
molten (current term)
molten lava cake
moltenly
molteno implants
molter
molters
molting
molto
molts
molucca balm
moluranite
moly
molybdate
molybdates
molybdena

Literary usage of Molten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Should the crater walls be too weak to resist the pressure of the molten mass, they will give way, and the lava will rush out from the breach. ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."

4. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"The molten eon.—The condensation of the rock matter of the gaseous spheroid into a molten spheroid which was surrounded by a hot vaporous atmosphere; ..."

5. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The theories may be classed under three heads: (I) those which assume a molten interior; (II) those based upon the assumption that the earth is solid from ..."

6. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"The theories may be classed under three heads: (I) those which assume a molten interior; (II) those based upon the assumption that the earth is solid from ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"Ол some Phenomena connected w'dh Iron and other Metals in the solid and molten states, with notes of experiments. ]}y WJ MILLAR. (2. ..."

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