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unmelting

unmelting adjective: that does not melt.

Adjective

unmelting (comparative more unmelting, superlative most unmelting)

  1. That does not melt.
    • November 3 1780, James Boswell, letter to William Johnson Temple
      I can only lament his unmelting coldness to my wife and children

Forms of unmelting

comparativemore unmelting
superlativemost unmelting

Origin of unmelting

From un- + melting.

Words formed from unmelting

Questions about unmelting

What does unmelting mean?
Unmelting means that does not melt.
What part of speech is unmelting?
Unmelting is an adjective.

Words near unmelting in the dictionary

  1. unmeltability
  2. unmeltable
  3. unmeltableness
  4. unmeltably
  5. unmelted
  6. unmelting
  7. unmeltingly
  8. unmelts
  9. unmember
  10. unmembered
  11. unmembering

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