molten
Melted into hot liquid by great heat.
molten in a sentence
- Molten rock glowed orange as it crept down the volcano's side.
- The blacksmith poured the molten metal, glowing and liquid, into the horseshoe mould.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to molten?
- Amelted
- Bhard
- Csolid
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A: melted. The other three mean the opposite of molten.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to molten?
- Amelted
- Bliquid
- Crunny
- Dsolid
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D: solid. The other three mean nearly the same as molten.
Words that mean something similar
melted, liquid, runny
Words that mean the opposite
solid, hard
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- parched: Extremely dry, or very thirsty.
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