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molten

/ˈmoʊltən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
molten
IPA
/ˈmoʊltən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Melted, especially due to great heat

adj

Made from a melted substance.

adj

Glowing red-hot.

verb

past participle of melt

Archaic

Example Sentences

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)meld-, molten, *multanaz, *meltaną

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmoʊltən/
  • British English: /ˈmɒltən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more molten (comparative) most molten (superlative) ymolten (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

moltenly nonmolten premolten remolten semimolten unmolten

Phrases

molten chocolate cake molten lava cake molten plastic

Frequently Paired Words

plastic

Synonyms

liquefied liquified

Rhymes With

bolton colton moulton holton knowlton zoltan doulton molton houlton scholten dolton holten

Questions

How do you pronounce molten?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmoʊltən/.
What does molten mean?
Melted, especially due to great heat
Where does molten come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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