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melting

melting

1.0
Becoming liquid because of heat
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛltɪŋ/
translation icon : derretido
  • The melting ice cream dripped down the cone on a hot summer day.

I mean, chicks must be on you like ants to a melting Hershey bar.

Examples

  • This is the recognition of the water and the puddle that the melting ice cube is sitting in.

  • I mean, chicks must be on you like ants to a melting Hershey bar.

  • These are sick melting lip powder.

  • I reach for the melting blushes from Rare Beauty far more than these.

  • We want more science melting lipsticks.

  • This is the recognition of the water and the puddle that the melting ice cube is sitting in.

  • And lastly, for blush, these are the rare beauty melting blushes.

  • This is a melting oil balm cleansing balm type of a guy right here.

  • All of the shades are super, super pigmented, creamy, buttery, melting goodness.

  • And then on top of that, I'm going in with the Sephora melting lip clicks in the shade Creme Brulee.

Synonyms

melt
vsmelting
37 1.0

The change from a solid to a liquid when heated

is broader, covering becoming liquid from heat or other causes
thawing
vsmelting
5 2.9

Frozen things gradually become liquid or soft because they get warmer

is broader and does not require a prior frozen state
liquefaction
vsmelting
  • Specialized
1 7.5

To change a solid or gas into a liquid

is narrower, focused on solids becoming liquid rather than gas conversions
liquation
vsmelting
  • Specialized
9.9

Turning a solid into a liquid by melting

is about becoming liquid rather than causing the change in something else

Antonyms

79 1.6

A change when a liquid turns into a solid because it gets very cold

solidification
  • Specialized
1 6.8

The change when a liquid or soft thing becomes hard, usually by cooling

Compounds

melting pot
  • Informal
17 3.5

A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community

melting point
  • Specialized
3 2.9

The temperature when a solid becomes a liquid

1 4.6

A container made of strong heatproof material to make metal liquid

melting point
  • Specialized
3.7

A moment when a situation suddenly changes

How Melted

flowing
1 3.7
melting
1.0
softening
8 2.7

Surface Forms

melting positive

Morphology

melting = melt (transparent) = melt + ing

Standard adjectival/present-participle formation from the verb 'melt' with '-ing', so the meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Melting comes from the old English word melt, which means 'to become soft and liquid'. So melting describes something turning liquid because of heat, like chocolate or snow becoming soft.