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meltverb

uk ​ /melt/ us ​ /melt/

melt verb (BECOME LIQUID)

B2 [ I or T ] 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).

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Phrasal verb(s)

melt away
melt sth down
melt (away) into sth

meltnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /melt/ us ​ /melt/ mainly US

(Definition of “melt” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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meltverb [ I/T ]

us ​ /melt/

› to change something from solid to liquid by heating, or to dissolve a solid in a liquid:

[ T ] The sun was hot and melted the snow.
[ I ] The ice cream was starting to melt by the time I got it home.

Idiom(s)

melt in your mouth

Phrasal verb(s)

melt away
melt down something

(Definition of “melt” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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