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Synonyms for melted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : melt
Phonetic Transcription : mɛlt

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Définition of melted

Origin :
  • Old English meltan "become liquid, consume by fire, burn up" (class III strong verb; past tense mealt, past participle molten), from Proto-Germanic *meltanan; fused with Old English gemæltan (Anglian), gemyltan (West Saxon) "make liquid," from Proto-Germanic *gamaltijanan (cf. Old Norse melta "to digest"), both from PIE *meldh-, (cf. Sanskrit mrduh "soft, mild," Greek meldein "to melt, make liquid," Latin mollis "soft, mild"), from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened (especially ground) materials (see mild). Figurative use by c.1200. Related: Melted; melting.
  • Of food, to melt in (one's) mouth is from 1690s. Melting pot is from 1540s; figurative use from 1855; popularized with reference to America by play "The Melting Pot" by Israel Zangwill (1908).
  • adj softened
Example sentences :
  • Twelve hours afterward the snow, three feet deep on a level, has melted.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It seemed to my sleepy eyes as if an angel had melted his own door through the wall!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Add the butter, and when it has melted remove from the heat.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The sight of three persons' eyes was melted and collected into that single one.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Then he melted the dust and poured the hot liquid into a mould the shape of a blade.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • Make a hole in the middle of it, and pour in the melted butter while hot.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • They thought themselves lucky then and melted it over into money.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Melted butter is the foundation of most of the common sauces.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Put the onions into the melted butter, and boil them up at once.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Chop the yolks of all, and the whites of two, and stir them into melted butter.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
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