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| Main Entry: |
melt
 [melt] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liquefy; dissolve |
| Synonyms: | cook, deliquesce, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flow, flux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, smelt, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, waste away |
| Antonyms: | coagulate, condense, solidify |
| Main Entry: | melting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | softening |
| Synonyms: | liquefying, liquescent, reducing, thawed |
| Main Entry: | ablate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wear away |
| Synonyms: | erode, evaporate, melt, vaporize |
Example Sentences
- Melting ice shelves do not raise the worldwide sea level, because this ice is already floating on the ocean.
- Such warming not only melted the ice but also created additional effects that led to further melting.
- The diesel fuel cools the walls of the machine, to keep the thing from melting.
| Main Entry: | bake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook in oven |
| Synonyms: | heat, melt, scorch, simmer, stew, warm |
| Notes: | bake is the term used for cooking foods such as bread, potatoes, apples, etc. in dry heat in an oven, and roast refers to cooking meat in an oven or before a fire |
| Main Entry: | broil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cook under direct heat |
| Synonyms: | burn, melt, roast, scorch, sear, swelter |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
| Synonyms: | bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
| Antonyms: | cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | cook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare food, usually using heat |
| Synonyms: | French fry, bake, barbecue, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, burn, coddle, curry, decoct, deep fry, devil, doctor*, escallop, fix, fricassee, fry, griddle, grill, heat, imbue, melt, microwave, mull, nuke, panfry, parboil, parch, percolate, poach, pressure-cook, reduce, roast, ruin*, sauté, scald, scorch, sear, seethe, simmer, sizzle, spoil*, steam, steep, stew, toast, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, clear, come to naught, decamp, dematerialize, depart, die, die out, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, drop out of sight, ebb, end, end gradually, escape, evanesce, evanish, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, flee, fly, go, go south, leave, leave no trace, melt, melt away, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, take flight, vacate, vamoose, wane, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
| Main Entry: | disappearance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vanishing |
| Synonyms: | ceasing to exist, decline and fall, dematerialization, departure, desertion, disappearing act, disintegration, dispersal, dissipation, dissolution, ebbing, eclipse, escape, evanescence, evaporation, exit, exodus, fading, flight, going, loss, melting, passing, receding, recession, removal, retirement, wane, wearing away, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | appearance, arrival, coming, entrance |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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