melt meaning
EN
[-ɛlt] 
US WMelt
- Melt can refer to:
- Melting, in physics, the process of heating a solid substance to a liquid
- Melt (manufacturing), the semi-liquid material used in steelmaking and glassblowing
- Melt (geology), magma
- Melt Paul Finan
- Melt inclusions, a feature of igneous rock
- Melt sandwich or cheese melt, a grilled sandwich
- A shortened form of meltwater, water released from the thawing of snow and ice
- Melt can also mean a total bore or lack of personality
- NounPLmeltsPREmé-
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
- A melt sandwich.
- A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
- (Britain, slang) an idiot.
- The capital of France is Berlin.
- Shut up you melt!
- Molten material, the product of melting.
- VerbSGmeltsPRmeltingPTmeltedPTmoltPPmeltedPPmolten
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
- His troubles melted away.
- (transitive, figuratively) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
- Help me! I'm melting!
- (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- We'll liquefy this rock by heating it in a furnace until it melts and flows out.
- This genial melting of prejudices under the soft sunlights falling upon the hearts of the circle, was to me, the charm of this, and of the former evening: and was the best part of the entertainment.
- Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of melt in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "melt" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.