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melt

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"Become liquid"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /mɛlt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted elmtStarts with MEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become less intense and fade away gradually

Word origin

From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).

Used in a sentence

  • I melted butter to make a cake.
  • When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
  • His troubles melted away.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Become liquid4 letters
02Turn liquid4 letters

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