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melty

/ˈmɛlti/

melty adjective: having a high tendency to melt.

Adjective

melty (comparative meltier, superlative meltiest)

  1. Having a high tendency to melt.
    • This creamy, melty cheese dip is delicious with crisp fresh vegetables.2008, Linda Larsen, The $7 a Meal Slow Cooker Cookbook
    • I must say that the meltiest, most evocative entry in this theme set is BRA OF CHOCOLATE, which, of course, started out as a bar of chocolate until Mr. Berry and the made up “Victoria’s Sweetness catalog” got hold of it.2014 August 23, Deb Amlen, “Second Shift”, in The New York Times
  2. In the state of being melted.
    • "Melt," Ms. Martinet directed Ms. Velko, as the young dancer assumed a deep arabesque. "This is really the meltiest of them all."1991 April 14, Barbara Gilford, “DANCE; Capturing the Beauty In Ballet of Goddesses”, in The New York Times
    • Let the cookies cool for about 20 minutes before eating. They’re best when they’re slightly warm and the chocolate chips are still melty. Enjoy!2020, Jenna Barnard, Butternut Bakery

Noun

melty (countable and uncountable, plural melties)

  1. (Internet) meltdown
    • From being considered one of the funniest users during early Twitter, to having a show that flopped ridiculously hard, to no longer being funny whatsoever, to having a melty about Twitter blue using a blocklist to block ALL blue subs2023 July 12, MKUltraMoney, Twitter, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2026
    • Dude literally having a melty over a tank that has 23s reload2023 September 11, MotorolaCRO, “IS 3 Br needs to be 7.3/7.7 at least”, in War Thunder - official forum, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2026

Forms of melty

Adjective
comparativemeltier
superlativemeltiest
Noun
pluralmelties

Origin of melty

From melt + -y.

Words formed from melty

Questions about melty

What does melty mean?
Melty means having a high tendency to melt.
What part of speech is melty?
Melty can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce melty?
Melty is pronounced /ˈmɛlti/.

Words near melty in the dictionary

  1. melts into
  2. melts someone's butter
  3. melts up
  4. meltwater
  5. meltwaters
  6. melty
  7. Meltzer
  8. Meltzer's triad
  9. Meltzers
  10. Melua
  11. Meluhha

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