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These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025 Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.—Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025 Instead, this is mostly relatively small volumes of molten material traveling through cracks and faults in solid rock.—Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025 Furthermore, the team's analysis suggests that there could be up to 105 cubic miles of molten rock in the crust beneath northeastern Yellowstone.—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 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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