… the molten sunlight of warm skies …—T. B. Costain
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obsolete: made by melting and casting
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The Swiss have been dipping bread in molten dairy for centuries, and the fondue entertaining craze of the 1960s and 1970s has, at least in the US, given the dish a bit of a retro reputation.—Callie Sumlin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Dec. 2025 With uranium fluoride mixed in, the molten salt itself could function as fuel.—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025 Heat from the inner core makes the molten iron and nickel in the outer core move around, much like soup in a pot on a hot stove.—Scott Brame, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025 Eventually Reiner did lose his midas touch, as happens with many A-list filmmakers as their success and age carry them away from the molten center of culture.—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for molten
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Etymology
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
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