melting
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈmɛltɪŋ/
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fusión
- Even with sea levels rising from melting glaciers, water would have remained scarce.
- melting point
- melting of glaciers
- melting of ice
And irreversible, no matter what we do, is ongoing ocean acidification, ice cap melting, rising seas.
- And irreversible, no matter what we do, is ongoing ocean acidification, ice cap melting, rising seas.
- I'm also going to do this to do some melting action that sounds like.
- We are going to make the very first ever metal melting, Olaf, so let's do it.
Examples
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It turns into a liquid at the melting temperature and one bar.
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Most people associate sea low rise with melting icebergs for obvious reasons.
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To their left, the rain and melting snow had turned the low field into a lake.
Fiction book (1994) -
That massive warming would have been associated with huge floods from melting ice and a rapid rise in sea level.
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Please use your mighty power to stop the melting of the polar ice caps.
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A deep concern is the ever-decreasing water supply due to melting glaciers and drying springs.
Academic text (2012) -
Glacier scientists have been monitoring the retreat and melting of these glaciers since the 1970s.
Academic text (2012) -
The melting of the polar ice caps poses a significant threat to coastal cities.
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Scientists are studying the melting of glaciers to understand climate change.
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The rapid melting of permafrost is releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Synonyms
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1.0
The change from a solid to a liquid when heated
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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
- Specialized
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6.8
The change when a liquid or soft thing becomes hard, usually by cooling
Compounds
- Informal
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3.5
A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community
How Liquid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The noun melting comes from the old English word melt, which means 'to become liquid'. So melting is the name for the process when heat changes a solid into a liquid, like ice turning into water.