Read full poem →Thou hast shaken the snows from thy wings, and the frost on thy
forehead is molten: thy lips are aglow
As a lover's that kindle with kissing, and earth, with her raiment
Dictionary Entry
To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
In a Sentence
“I melted butter to make a cake.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
metal moltenrock molteniron moltenlead moltenstate moltenglass molten
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “molten”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →O swallow, sister, O fleeting swallow,
My heart in me is a molten ember
And over my head the waves have met.
Read full poem →At the time when the stars are grey,
And the gold of the molten moon
Fades, and the twilight is thinned,
Read full poem →Had answered, to your wonder, that ’twas dead,
Forsooth the molten lava of your fright
Forth from your brain, its crater, hurrying down,
Read full poem →Had answered, to your wonder, that ’twas dead,
Forsooth the molten lava of your fright
Forth from your brain, its crater, hurrying down,
Read full poem →No molten crystal, but a richer mine,
Even Nature's rarest alchymy ran there,--
Read full poem →How they ring out their delight!
From the molten golden-notes,
And all in tune,
Read full poem →How they ring out their delight!—
From the molten golden-notes,
And all in tune,
Read full poem →You have become a forge of snow white fire,
A crucible of molten steel, O France!
Your sons are stars who cluster to a dawn
Read full poem →Whiskey-fumes within me burning like a molten reservoir--