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Also Inflected form of melt

molten

mol·ten

UK/ˈmɒltən/ US/ˈməʊltən/ fairly common

adjective

1.

reduced to liquid form by heating

  • “a mass of molten rock”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • molten chocolate cake
  • molten lava cake
  • molten plastic

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