melt down
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To melt fully, especially metal or glass so that it can be remade into something else.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The Great Exhibition of 1851 is also very much in King's Cross's DNA. The clock in its short, Italianate central tower came from the Exhibition and in its early years it struck the hours, but the bells were first silenced in the First World War and then melted down during the Second World War."
- "The reactor core melted down."