Remelt

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To melt again.

    "The next stage is remelting: the affined sugar is dissolved in hot water and the syrup formed is made alkaline by adding milk of lime."

Example

More examples

"The next stage is remelting: the affined sugar is dissolved in hot water and the syrup formed is made alkaline by adding milk of lime."

Etymology

From re- + melt.

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