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melting

8 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. melting (adjective)
  2. melt (verb)
  3. melting out (noun)
  4. melting point (noun)
  5. melting pot (noun)
  6. high-melting (adjective)
  7. mixed melting point (noun)
  8. melt down (verb)

melt·ing

adj \ˈmel-tiŋ\

Definition of MELTING

: tender, delicate <a love song's melting lyric>
— melt·ing·ly adverb
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Examples of MELTING

  1. a love song's melting lyrics
  2. She looked at him with melting eyes.

First Known Use of MELTING

1565

Rhymes with MELTING

belting, felting, pelting

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