melt
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1.0
- noun
- /mɛlt/
- This is the cumulative height change of melt.
- snow melt
- ice melt
- melt water
Examples
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Catchment F had the lowest difference in melt-out timing across all years, with an average of 11 days.
Academic text (2016) -
But his inspiration came from watching solder melt when it was pressed against a soldering iron.
Academic text (2005) -
There was something in the melt water.
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The glacier melt was only a part of it.
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The other reason is that the bulk of delayed snow melt typically occurs during the spring months.
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The Arctic has always experienced cooling and warming, but the current melt defies any historical comparison.
Academic text (2008) -
The long-chain hydrocarbons in paraffin or beeswax melt and, in liquid form, get pulled up the wick where they burn in a slow, controlled fashion.
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The melt from the glacier caused the river to swell significantly in volume.
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Scientists are studying the impact of glacier melt on sea level rise.
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Recent data shows that the melt of polar ice is accelerating due to climate change.
Synonyms
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1.1
A process where a solid turns into a liquid because of heat
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2.0
A period when snow and ice melt because the weather is warmer
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2.9
Frozen things gradually become liquid or soft because they get warmer
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7.5
To change a solid or gas into a liquid
Turning a solid into a liquid by melting
Antonyms
Idioms
Seems very innocent and quiet but is not really kind
Compounds
How Liquid
Surface Forms
Etymology
Melt comes from the old English verb meltan, which meant 'to become soft and flow'. So a melt is the change when something hard turns into a soft liquid.