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Molten

//ˈməʊltən// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Melted, especially due to great heat

    "molten metal, wax, rock"

  2. 2
    Made from a melted substance.
  3. 3
    Glowing red-hot.
Adjective
  1. 1
    reduced to liquid form by heating wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of melt archaic, form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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