English Explanatory Dictionary

molten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Melted, especially due to great heat
  2. Made from a melted substance.
  3. Glowing red-hot.
verb
  1. past participle of melt

Pronunciation

/ˈmɒltən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-molten.wav /ˈməʊltən/ /ˈmoʊltən/

Word forms

molten more molten most molten ymolten

Etymology

From Middle English molten, from Old English molten, ġemolten (“melted, molten”), from Proto-Germanic *multanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *meltaną (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots moltin, Swedish multen.

Related words

plastic

Derived words

molten chocolate cake molten lava cake moltenly molten plastic nonmolten premolten remolten semimolten unmolten
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