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melter

4.1

A machine that heats metal or wax until it becomes liquid

noun
/ˈmɛltər/

: horno de fusión

In winter, the airport installed a new melter to efficiently clear the runways of snow.
snow melter

Make balls, shove a stick in it, shove it into the chocolate melter, and that's it.

Examples

Make balls, shove a stick in it, shove it into the chocolate melter, and that's it.

iJustine
Not the best melter, but I put a small enough amount in it adds as a sort of flavor modifier and some Buffalo Chipotle sauce.
The chocolatier used a melter to create smooth, liquid chocolate for her confections.
During the manufacturing process, the factory relied on a large melter to liquefy the raw materials.

Synonyms

liquefier

vsmelter

Specialized

1 6.0

A machine that turns a gas into a liquid

heats solid materials directly to turn them into a liquid

melting pot

vsmelter

1 4.6

A container made of strong heatproof material to make metal liquid

provides heat to change solids into liquid rather than just hold them

Compounds

ice melter

3.4

A material that melts ice on paths and driveways

How Hot

blast furnace

Specialized

3 5.6

furnace

93 4.1

melter

4.1

heater

93 1.0

Surface Forms

melter singular

melters plural

Morphology

melter = melt (transparent) = melt + er

The instrumental reading (machine that melts) is a regular extension of the verb with '-er', so learners can predict this meaning.

Etymology

Melter comes from the verb melt meaning 'to make liquid' and the ending -er meaning 'a thing that does something'. So a melter is a machine or device that turns solid materials into liquid.