molten

• (archaic, poetic) ymolten

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒltən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊltən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊltən/
• Rhymes: -əʊltən
• Rhymes: -oʊltən

molten (comparative more molten, superlative most molten)

1. Melted.

   molten metal

   molten wax

   molten rock

2. Made from a melted substance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. Glowing red-hot.

Molten cannot be used to refer to ice or snow that has melted into water.

• moltenly
• molten lava cake
• molten plastic
• semimolten

molten

1. (archaic) past participle of melt

• plastic

• Elmton, Melton, loment, melton, tolmen

molten

1. past participle of meltan