molten

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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Roughly 3000 km below the surface, a vast ocean of molten, churning liquid iron fills the outer core.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

When my spoon broke through the wobbly layer of cheesy bread and resurfaced all gooey and molten, the winter suddenly didn’t seem so bad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

As this molten rock pushed upward, it fractured surrounding rock layers, triggering thousands of earthquakes and tremors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

The sun was setting, turning the little stream into a flow of molten red and gold tinged with deep shadow.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques