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Melt down Moderate

Melt down has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

"melt butter"

"melt down gold"

"The wax melted in the sun"

2

To melt a metal, especially so that it can be remade into something else.

Example Sentences
"melt butter" verb
"melt down gold" verb
"The wax melted in the sun" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dissolve
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fuse try
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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