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melt

Letters that make melt

e, l, m, t are letters that make 'melt'

Words within melt

el, EL, ME are words within 'melt'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of melt

smelts, smelt, melts are words created by adding a letter to 'melt'

melt is a 4 letter word starting with m
melt is a 4 letter word ending with t

7 possible definitions for 'melt'

Melt as "become less clearly visible or distinguishable, disappear gradually or seemingly"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fade has the same meaning as melt

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of weaken.

Derivatives of melt

fade, disappearance are derivatives of 'melt'.

Example of melt used within this context

"The scene begins to fade", "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

Melt as "become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

mellow out, mellow have the same meaning as 'melt'

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of change.

Derivatives of melt

mellowing is a derivative of melt.

Verb groups of melt

mellow is a verb group of melt.

Melt as "become or cause to become soft or liquid"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, dissolve have the same meaning as 'melt'

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of liquefy, liquify, flux.

Types of melt

deliquesce, deice, de-ice, defrost are types of 'melt'.

Derivatives of melt

melter, thawing, warming, thaw, melting, meltable, disintegrable, melt are derivatives of 'melt'.

Example of melt used within this context

"The sun melted the ice", "the ice thawed", "the ice cream melted", "The heat melted the wax", "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase", "dethaw the meat"

Melt as "lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

meld has the same meaning as melt

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of conflate, commingle, coalesce, meld, combine, fuse, merge, immix, flux, mix, blend.

Example of melt used within this context

"Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"

Melt as "reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

melt down, run have the same meaning as 'melt'

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of resolve, break up, dissolve.

Types of melt

fuse, render, try are types of 'melt'.

Derivatives of melt

thawing, thaw, melting, meltable, disintegrable, melt are derivatives of 'melt'.

Verb groups of melt

run, bleed are verb groups of 'melt'.

Example of melt used within this context

"melt butter", "melt down gold", "The wax melted in the sun"

Melt as "become less intense and fade away gradually"

Under this definition, melt is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

disappear, evaporate have the same meaning as 'melt'

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of weaken.

Example of melt used within this context

"her resistance melted under his charm", "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"

Melt as "the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid"

Under this definition, melt is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

thawing, thaw, melting have the same meaning as 'melt'

melt as a type

'melt' can be a type of heating, warming, phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change.

Derivatives of melt

thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw, melt down, melt, run, dissolve are derivatives of 'melt'.

Example of melt used within this context

"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster", "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"