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face-melters

face-melters is the plural of face-melter.

Meaning of face-melter

Noun

face-melter (plural face-melters)

  1. (slang) Particularly in heavy metal music, a musical passage or sung note that is particularly intense.
    • And then they launch into a face-melter by way of acoustics, playing so hard that one expects Thile's fingers either to spontaneously combust or at least start spurting blood.2005, No Depression, numbers 55-60, page 97

Questions about face-melters

What is face-melters the plural of?
Face-melters is the plural of face-melter.

Words near face-melters in the dictionary

  1. face-lift
  2. face-lifts
  3. face-maker
  4. face-makers
  5. face-melter
  6. face-melters
  7. face-melting
  8. face-off
  9. face-off circle
  10. face-off circles
  11. face-offs

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