molten
adjective
mol·ten ˈmōl-tᵊn 
1
: fused or liquefied by heat : melted
molten lava
2
: having warmth or brilliance : glowing
the molten sunlight of warm skies
T. B. Costain
T. B. Costain3
obsolete : made by melting and casting
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Russian natural gas has fired the furnaces that create molten stainless steel at Clemens Schmees’s family foundry since 1961, when his father set up shop in a garage in the western part of Germany. New York Times, 15 July 2022 The metal is heated at about 3000 degrees Fahrenheit into white-hot, molten steel, then cooled and carefully rolled into rail, wire rod, rebar or pipe. Rachel Woolf For Cnn, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022 Magma moving through the crust can also cause seismic activity as new cracks form or widen to accommodate the molten rock. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 As a result, silicon became concentrated in pockets of molten rock. David Bressan, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Shortly after the Earth formed, its crust would have been composed of a relatively even layer of solid rock that acted as a lid over the still-molten mantle below. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022 Earth tremors can be a signal of molten material rising upward, refueling the magma chamber beneath a volcano. David Bressan, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The soldiers burned alive in their tanks as missiles and molten armor flew through the air, striking roofs and shattering windows. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 See More
New York Times, 15 July 2022 The metal is heated at about 3000 degrees Fahrenheit into white-hot, molten steel, then cooled and carefully rolled into rail, wire rod, rebar or pipe. Rachel Woolf For Cnn, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022 Magma moving through the crust can also cause seismic activity as new cracks form or widen to accommodate the molten rock. Sasha Warren, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022 Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes. Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 As a result, silicon became concentrated in pockets of molten rock. David Bressan, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Shortly after the Earth formed, its crust would have been composed of a relatively even layer of solid rock that acted as a lid over the still-molten mantle below. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022 Earth tremors can be a signal of molten material rising upward, refueling the magma chamber beneath a volcano. David Bressan, Forbes, 24 June 2022 The soldiers burned alive in their tanks as missiles and molten armor flew through the air, striking roofs and shattering windows. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Kids Definition
molten
adjective
mol·ten ˈmōl-tᵊn
: melted especially by very great heat
molten metal
molten
adjective
as in heated
melted by heat molten metal molten lava Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- heated
- superheated
- igneous
- boiling
- scorching
- scalding
- seething
- sizzling
- searing
- burning
- blazing
- red
- fiery
- glowing
- warmed
- sweltering
- white-hot
- broiling
- torrid
- snug
- warm
- roasting
- hot
- fervent
- overheated
- sultry
- reheated
- fervid
- red-hot
- ardent
- piping hot
- ultrahot
- warmish
- toasty
- inflamed
- feverish
- steamy
- flushed
- enflamed
- tropical
- muggy
- summery
- canicular
- summerlike
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cool
- chilly
- cooled
- frosty
- chill
- chilled
- snowy
- nippy
- snappy
- unheated
- icy
- wintry
- cold
- subzero
- frozen
- coolish
- glacial
- refrigerated
- wintery
- coldish
- subfreezing
- shivering
- freezing
- iced
- arctic
- frigid
- benumbed
- bitter
- numb
- blizzardly
- ice-cold
- algid
- bone-chilling