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noun

Definition of meltingnext
as in evaporation

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verb

present participle of melt
1
as in vanishing
to cease to be visible the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun

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2
as in thawing
to go from a solid to a liquid state a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter

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Recent Examples of melting
Noun
But globs of liquid mercury worked just fine to show the melting shards coming together, even though its toxicity meant the special effects crew had to wear protective gear over the two-day shoot. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 What is clear is that Earth’s glaciers are melting faster as a result of warming and that melting is destabilizing these glaciers—and the mountains that buttress them. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 The group warned the melting of the glaciers would be a disaster for all of those people. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 As glaciers turn to water and create massive lakes in high mountain elevations, summertime melting can release these lakes downstream. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 This uncontrolled melting widens the cavern and dangerously thins the structural salt pillars separating adjacent domes. — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Ariel argued in the interview that America, and by extension its cuisine, is less like a melting pot and more like a gumbo. — James Powel, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 In my pitcher, this process continues until the ice eventually reaches a temperature of 32 degrees F, its melting temperature. — Matthew Koss, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 Late last month, a hiker discovered human remains that turned up following the melting of the Trift glacier south of the city of Lucerne, prompting a recovery operation, the regional government said Wednesday. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
The bearded seal is just one of the many polar species whose future is closely tied to rising temperatures and melting ice. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 What is clear is that Earth’s glaciers are melting faster as a result of warming and that melting is destabilizing these glaciers—and the mountains that buttress them. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 The warmer temperatures are melting and thus destabilizing many of the 60,000 glaciers there, triggering these kinds of avalanches. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Scientists could use future gravity instruments to track shifting groundwater and melting ice. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 This is not the first time that objects – and even corpses – have been uncovered due to melting ice. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 When the glaciers in the Himalayas melt, the ice sheets in Greenland, Arctic and Antarctic are also melting. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Researchers in Kathmandu found this year that glaciers across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are melting at an accelerating rate, with ice loss rates having doubled since 2000, primarily because of rising global temperatures and climate change. — Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026 Sunflower and jojoba seed oils do much of the makeup-melting work while replenishing skin with emollient moisture, and a supporting cast of ceramides, panthenol, hyaluronic acid, cica, and fig helps hydrate, soothe, and support the moisture barrier. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melting
  1. evaporation
  2. vanishing
  3. thawing
  4. passing
  5. disappearing
  6. fusing
  7. fading
  8. evaporating
Noun
  • However, the study noted this particular lake is a terminal saline lake, which leaves salts and other minerals behind through the process of evaporation.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Watering in the morning is advised, especially in the hotter months of the year, to minimize evaporation.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaporation
Verb
  • The research makes a compelling case that in the age of AI, the once-bright line between data and executable code is vanishing.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanishing
Verb
  • Scientists believe it may have been linked to thawing permafrost, causing rocks to tumble onto the glacier, destabilizing it.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Additionally, health inspectors cited 10 eateries after finding health food violations from improperly thawing shrimp to mold-like residue on an ice machine.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of thawing
Noun
  • Quarterback Nathaniel Cadet gives Barristers legitimate passing attack.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The passing of Gruber, who served as judge for 24 years until his retirement in 2024, was announced by his son, William Gruber, on Facebook.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of passing
Verb
  • Strawberry and peach blondes add an unexpected wash of warmth, mushroom blonde brings a smoky, cooler edge, and icy shades aren’t disappearing entirely.
    — Kat Suico, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 A practical look at your schedule could reveal where your money has been disappearing.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of disappearing
Verb
  • Major engineering bottlenecks Commercial fusion plants aim to generate energy by fusing two forms of heavy hydrogen, deuterium and tritium, inside a magnetic chamber.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Adult oysters, by contrast, attach themselves to hard surfaces for life, fusing their shells to the surface and growing in irregular clumps.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of fusing
Noun
  • These Levi’s flare jeans are so similar to the pair Brinkley wore, down to the indigo wash and subtle fading.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Brightly colored apparel benefits from being washed inside out to prevent color fading.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fading
Verb
  • The result of this cooler atmosphere will be one more prone to squeezing out tropical moisture rather than just evaporating it.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The evaporating tariff windfall was a $200 billion hit to this year’s budget.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaporating

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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melting. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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