A plastic dish will melt on the stove.
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Melt
//mɛlt//
Synonyms for "melt" (152 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
207 translations across 85 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- shkrij verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- shkrij verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- tret verb (to dissolve, disperse, vanish)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- τήκομαι verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- τήκω verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Arabic
4 entries- أَذَابَ verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- انصهر verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- انْصَهَرَ verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ذَابَ verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Armenian
3 entries- թափել verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- հալել verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ձուլել verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Assamese
2 entries- গলা verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- গলোৱা verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ərimək verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- əritmək verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Bangi
1 entries- nyangana verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Bashkir
2 entries- иретеү verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- иреү verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Basque
1 entries- urtu verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Bulgarian
4 entries- стапяне noun (transition of matter)
- стопилка noun (molten material)
- намалявам verb (to dissolve, disperse, vanish)
- топя verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Catalan
4 entries- fondre verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- fondre's verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- liquar verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- liqüefer verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- توانەوە verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎬᎾᏬᏍᎦ verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ᎬᎾᏬᏗᎭ verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Chickasaw
2 entries- bila verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- biliili verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 溶 verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- 溶化 verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 使熔化 verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- 使融化 verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- 熔化 verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- 融化 verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Cornish
2 entries- teudha verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- teudhi verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Czech
4 entries- roztát verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- roztávat verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- tavit verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- tát verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Danish
2 entries- smelte verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- smelte verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Dutch
2 entries- laten smelten verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- smelten verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Esperanto
2 entries- fandi verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- fandiĝi verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Estonian
1 entries- sulama verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Even
1 entries- ун verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Evenki
1 entries- ун verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Finnish
4 entries- sula noun (molten material)
- sulaminen noun (transition of matter)
- sulamisvesi noun (springtime snow runoff in mountain regions)
- sulatus noun (transition of matter)
French
3 entries- faire fondre verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- fondre verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- se dissoudre verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Galician
2 entries- derreter verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- fundir verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Georgian
4 entries- გამდნარი noun (molten material)
- დადნობა verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- დნობა verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ლღობა verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
German
4 entries- Schmelze noun (molten material)
- Schmelzwasser noun (springtime snow runoff in mountain regions)
- schmelzen verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- schmelzen lassen verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Greek
4 entries- λιώνω verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- λιώνω verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- λιώνω verb (to dissolve, disperse, vanish)
- τήκω verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Greenlandic
1 entries- aattoq verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઓગળવું verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Hebrew
4 entries- המס verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- התיך verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- ניתך verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- נמס verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Hungarian
2 entries- olvad verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- olvaszt verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Icelandic
2 entries- bráðna verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- bræða verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Ingrian
2 entries- sulattaa verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- sullaa verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Interlingua
1 entries- funder verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Irish
3 entries- leá-uisce noun (springtime snow runoff in mountain regions)
- leáigh verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- leáigh verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Italian
3 entries- fondere verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- liquare verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- sciogliere verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Japanese
2 entries- 溶かす verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- 溶ける verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Khmer
1 entries- រលាយ verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Korean
2 entries- 녹다 verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- 녹이다 verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Latgalian
2 entries- laistīs verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- laydinuot verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Latin
3 entries- liquefaciō verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- liquescō verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- liquō verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Latvian
2 entries- kausēt verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- kust verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Lingala
1 entries- nyangola verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Lithuanian
2 entries- leistis verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- tirpti verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- schmëlzen verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- zerlafen verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Malay
2 entries- cair verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- lebur verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Malayalam
2 entries- ഉരുകുക verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ഉരുക്കുക verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Maltese
1 entries- dewweb verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠸᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Manx
1 entries- lheie verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Middle English
4 entries- melten verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- melten verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- melten verb (to dissolve, disperse, vanish)
- melten verb (to soften, as by a warming or kindly influence)
Mongolian
1 entries- хайлах verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Māori
1 entries- whakarewa verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Nahuatl
2 entries- pati verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- patla verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Nanai
1 entries- ун verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Neapolitan
1 entries- squaglià verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- helandin verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- helîn verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Norwegian
1 entries- smelte verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Occitan
1 entries- fondre verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Old English
2 entries- meltan verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- mieltan verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Old Irish
2 entries- legaid verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- legaid verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Ossetian
1 entries- тайын verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Persian
2 entries- پخسیدن verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- گداختن verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Polish
4 entries- rozpływać się verb (to be very hot and sweat profusely)
- roztapiać verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- roztopić verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- stapiać verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Portuguese
4 entries- derreter verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- derreter verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- fundir verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- liquefazer verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Quechua
1 entries- unuyay verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Romanian
1 entries- topi verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Russian
4 entries- пла́вка noun (transition of matter)
- плавле́ние noun (transition of matter)
- распла́в noun (molten material)
- та́яние noun (springtime snow runoff in mountain regions)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- leagh verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- leagh verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- otopiti verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Southern Altai
1 entries- эриир verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Spanish
4 entries- material fundido noun (molten material)
- derretir verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- derretirse verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- fundirse verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Swedish
4 entries- smälta noun (molten material)
- smältning noun (transition of matter)
- smälta verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- smälta verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Tagalog
3 entries- malusaw verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- matunaw verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
- tunawin verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Tamil
2 entries- உருகு verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- உருக்கு verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Telugu
1 entries- కరిగించు verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Thai
2 entries- ละลาย verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- ละลาย verb (transitive: to change something from a solid to a liquid)
Turkish
1 entries- erimek verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Uzbek
1 entries- yog’moq verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nóng chảy verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- tan verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
- tan chảy verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Welsh
2 entries- dŵr toddi noun (springtime snow runoff in mountain regions)
- toddi verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
West-Frisian
2 entries- smelten noun (molten material)
- smelten verb (intransitive: (of a solid) to become a liquid)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
Alice felt something hard melt in her heart.
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You will melt.
Source: tatoeba (267102)
Snow has begun to melt.
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