as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of molten
Everyone will be asking for a second scoop of this decadent molten cake with a gooey peanut butter center.
—
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The December 2024 eruption - had lava fountains as high as 262 feet with molten material - and was the fifth eruption at Kilauea since December 2020.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for molten 
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2025
The December 2024 eruption - had lava fountains as high as 262 feet with molten material - and was the fifth eruption at Kilauea since December 2020.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
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
See all Example Sentences for molten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molten
Adjective
-
Later, at the end of the first episode, Coach Scott (Steven Krueger) discovers Mari, who stormed out of the village following a heated exchange with Shauna, trapped in the infamous pit.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2025
-
Here, more guests—including Ellie Bamber, Alisha Boe, Patricia Zhou, Emilia Jones, and Dafne Keen Fernández—explored the expanse of the restaurant, from the oyster bar to the top floor’s velvet booths and heated terrace.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
-
The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
-
This magma then pushed through the cracks in the rocks around it, cooling and crystallizing over millions of years to form Spruce Pine’s bounty of pegmatites—igneous rock that’s chock-full of quartz crystals.—
Olatunji Osho-Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
-
One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
-
If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
-
While the third quarter ended on a positive note with an increase in home sales, other indicators are showing a bit of a slow-down after the superheated market of the past few years.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
-
Meanwhile, debris is collected near the black hole and starts to swirl around it, forming into a bright, superheated accretion disc.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
-
This helps explain why Gabbard elicits a seething hatred from people like Frum, Clinton, and Nichols.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
-
The posts linked a global network of agitators who have seized on the influx of migrants seeking political asylum or economic opportunity to build seething followings online.—
Steven Lee Myers,
New York Times,
10 Aug. 2024
Adjective
-
In addition to adapting what’s arguably the most beloved Stan Lee and Jack Kirby property not yet seen in Disney’s MCU, Matt Shakman’s upcoming film also boasts a white-hot cast featuring Pedro Pascal, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vanessa Kirby, and Joseph Quinn.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
-
What is probably not soon returning, regardless, is the white-hot activism of the last decade.—
Ross Barkan,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
Four years ago, Officer Daniel Hodges was called upon to defend the Capitol against a pro-Trump mob and wound up being pinned by the throng in a doorway of the building, in one of the most searing images of the violence that erupted on Jan. 6, 2021.—
Alan Feuer,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
-
And the most searing one was my son Beau wasn't there.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
-
In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
-
Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2023
Thesaurus Entries Near molten
Cite this Entry
“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molten. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share