Explore Melt through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like thaw or dissolve. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Melt meaning
- To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
Synonyms of Melt
Using Melt
- The main meaning on this page is: To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. | To dissolve, disperse, vanish. | To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- Useful related words include: thaw, dissolve, flux, meld.
- In the example corpus, melt often appears in combinations such as: to melt, melt the, melt and.
Context around Melt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Melt
- In this selection, "melt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, snow, hot, impact, days, ups and downs stand out and add context to how "melt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hot melt adhesive which and a rapid melt could increase. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "melt" sits close to words such as automobile, avenues and cater, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with melt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At last - a snowman that doesn't melt. (8 words)
Humans also cause market melt-ups and melt-downs. (9 words)
It was enough to make our heart melt, and melt they did. (12 words)
All I remember about the Birkenstock Boston clogs(Opens in a new tab) I wore throughout high school is that they 1. smelled terrible and 2. were easily mucked up by puddles and ice melt, which is all to say: don't spend $140 on them. (46 words)
The number of melt days will rise by at least 50% when global warming hits the soon-to-be-reached 1.5℃ limit set out in the Paris Agreement, with some predictions pointing to as much as a 150% increase in melt days. (43 words)
Most materials in the diaper are held together with the use of a hot melt adhesive, which is applied in spray form or multi lines, an elastic hot melt is also used to help with pad integrity when the diaper is wet. (42 words)
Achieve total mind and body relaxation as you feel your stress melt away! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Cube two large white onions into dime-sized chunks, melt a stick of light margarine and allow it to melt in a large frying pan, add onions and squash, salt, pepper, half-teaspoon sugar.
Humans also cause market melt-ups and melt-downs.
The number of melt days will rise by at least 50% when global warming hits the soon-to-be-reached 1.5℃ limit set out in the Paris Agreement, with some predictions pointing to as much as a 150% increase in melt days.
Episode 1, “The Great Melt,” reveals how the summer melt of Arctic ice opens up nearly 3 million square miles of ocean and land to beluga whales, foxes, seabirds and narwhals.
As the snow melt increases, ice will become thinner and more dangerous, and may melt faster due to an increase in water flow and stronger currents as lakes and rivers rise.
It was enough to make our heart melt, and melt they did.
If these minerals crystallized from the same silicic melt, each mineral had the same initial 87 Sr/ 86 Sr as the parent melt.
In all but the smallest impacts this increase in temperature is sufficient to melt the impactor, and in larger impacts to vaporize most of it and to melt large volumes of the target.
Most materials in the diaper are held together with the use of a hot melt adhesive, which is applied in spray form or multi lines, an elastic hot melt is also used to help with pad integrity when the diaper is wet.
Some of this impact melt rock may be ejected, but most of it remains within the transient crater, initially forming a layer of impact melt coating the interior of the transient cavity.
Achieve total mind and body relaxation as you feel your stress melt away!
A CT woman’s family high-end chocolate shop brings melt-in-your-mouth sweetness.
All I remember about the Birkenstock Boston clogs(Opens in a new tab) I wore throughout high school is that they 1. smelled terrible and 2. were easily mucked up by puddles and ice melt, which is all to say: don't spend $140 on them.
Although the homes had foundation concerns prior to Utah’s record-setting season for snowpack, officials are still concerned about ground stability across the Wasatch Foothills as the snow continues to melt.
A marshmallow's sticky and soft consistency makes them extremely difficult to dislodge as they melt and get stuck in the back of a child's throat.
As Kanao Tsuyuri and battled on and began to lose ground, Doma's body suddenly began to melt.
As of Feb. 1, the chance of snow melt flooding in Saskatchewan is low, according to the Water Security Agency (WSA).
As spring brings warmer weather, a rapid melt could increase the flood risk.
As the frozen meat cooks, the ice will melt and become water.
At last - a snowman that doesn't melt.
Common combinations with melt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to melt 48×
- melt the 27×
- melt and 13×
- snow melt 10×
- will melt 9×
- melt away 8×
- melt in 7×
- would melt 7×
- melt into 6×
- ice melt 5×