Melting

Pronunciation: /ˈmɛltɪŋ/

Melting (noun)

  1. The process where a solid becomes a liquid because it gets warmer.
  2. The change of ice or snow into water as temperatures rise.
  3. The change of a substance, especially a metal, from solid to liquid when heated.

Examples

  • Melting happens when heat turns a solid into a liquid.
  • The lab measured melting after the temperature rose.

Melting (verb)

  1. To change from solid to liquid because of heat.
  2. To become less hard or less strict, often about feelings or attitudes.

Examples

  • The wax is melting under the lamp.
  • The chocolate melts if the room is too warm.