molten vs melted
Definitions
adjective
- reduced to liquid form by heating
Examples
This press consisted of a hand operated vertical pump which forced molten lead through a horizontal tube forming the die.
His self-image is rooted in robotic toughness, like the shape-shifting, molten-metal fiend in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
The main component of the Earth's field – which defines the magnetic poles – is a dipole generated by the convection of molten nickel-iron in the outer core the inner core is solid, so its role is secondary; remember that the Earth's core is well above the Curie temperature, so the iron is not ferromagnetic.
Definitions
adjective
- changed from a solid to a liquid state
Examples
It was a smile Elizabeth had never seen on her husband's face before; one so full of love and tenderness that her heart melted.
‘We tooted and tooted,’ says Harry, ‘until the white sugar lump melted into the pale horizon.’
The opposition melted away after their leader died.
