melt
verb [I or T] (BECOME LIQUID) /melt/Definition
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B2 to turn from something solid into something soft or liquid, or to cause something to do this: The snow usually melts by mid March. Melt the chocolate slowly so that it doesn't burn. The meat's beautifully cooked - it melts in your mouth (= is so pleasantly soft that you do not need to chew it).Physical and chemical processes
(Definition of melt verb (BECOME LIQUID) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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