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# molten

«molten» in Mova's school dictionary: **Melted by great heat, about metal, rock or glass: molten…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Melted by great heat, about metal, rock or glass: molten lava. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#m1)

2) (cooking, informal) Soft and runny in the middle: a molten chocolate cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about volcanoes and the Earth: «molten rock» under the ground is magma, and when it comes out it is lava. In design and technology, molten metal is poured into moulds. In cooking, a «molten» pudding is gooey inside. Phrases: molten rock, molten lava, molten metal.

### examples

- Molten rock pours out of a volcano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x1)
- The Earth's outer core is made of molten iron. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x2)
- Molten metal is poured into a mould. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x3)
- The glassblower shaped the molten glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x4)
- Be careful — molten wax is very hot! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x5)
- The pudding had a molten chocolate centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x6)
- Molten lava glowed red in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x7)
- Under the roof were loopholes to shoot through, and to pour down boiling water or even molten lead on the enemy, should he approach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x8)

### note

Used for things that melt at very high temperatures (rock, metal, glass). For ice or butter, say «melted»: «melted butter», not «molten butter» (except in cooking jokes). «Molten» is an old form of «melted».

### In the corpora

- [Igneous rocks form when molten rock cools and hardens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/5/)
- [Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1023/)
- [Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.545/)
- [Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.906/)
- [Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.982/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «molten» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.