to deliquesce

Examples

• All

• Words appear and deliquesce on an ebon screen, three phrases, one by one: The dead have spoken.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The salt began to deliquesce as humidity rose in the room.

• During the rainy season, many types of sugar can deliquesce and turn into syrup.

• If left out in the open, the powdered compound will deliquesce and form a liquid puddle.

Synonyms

L

to liquefy

vsto deliquesce

• Specialized

18 4.4

To change a solid or gas into a liquid, often by heating

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

L

to liquify

vsto deliquesce

4.5

Make a solid melt so it can flow

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

L

to liquidize

vsto deliquesce

• US

4.2

To make something into a liquid by heating or blending

becomes liquid by absorbing moisture rather than by heat or blending

Antonyms

S

to solidify

55 4.4

To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools

How Wet

to dissolve

64 2.4

to deliquesce

• Specialized

9.9

to dampen

4 3.4

to moisten

7 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology