to reliquefy
- verb
- /ˌriːˈlɪk.wə.faɪ/
- Specialized
- The scientists need to reliquefy the frozen samples to analyze their composition.
Examples
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To create the desired texture, you must reliquefy the solid chocolate.
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Can you reliquefy the wax for me?
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When the temperature rose, the frozen pipes began to reliquefy and water flowed again.
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Scientists observed the gas reliquefy under increased pressure in the laboratory.
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If you leave the butter out of the fridge, it will slowly reliquefy on the counter.
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The ice will reliquefy in the warm sun.
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They worked quickly to reliquefy the gas before it solidified completely.
Synonyms
To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating
To melt something again after it becomes solid
Make a solid melt so it can flow
To make something into a liquid by heating or blending
Antonyms
How Liquid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reliquefy breaks into re- meaning 'again' and liquefy from liquid meaning 'liquid', so reliquefy means to make something liquid again.