melts

Noun

melt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)

1. Molten material, the product of melting.
   • The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition
2. The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
3. The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
4. A melt sandwich.
   • I recently asked a group of people whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiot's guide to 20-minute meals
5. Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
   • Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater.
6. A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.

   Synonyms:

   tart

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