adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
molten rock (= rock that is so hot it is liquid )
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Molten rock flowed into these cracks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lava
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Her great horsy face had turned the colour of molten lava and her eyes were glittering with fury.
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He was airlifted on to the mountain as molten lava threatened to swamp the village of Zaffarana.
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Suddenly, the immense wall of molten lava bearing down from Mount Etna on to their doorsteps came to a halt.
metal
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Because the process does not involve handling molten metal , there is no contamination from ladles and tanks.
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Elinor and Nigel were soon into their stride, two kinds of molten metal poured into the same mould.
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On the small monitor screen his great external weapon was white-hot, seething, dripping molten metal on to the carapace below.
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These assemble lines of type, and cast them in relief from molten metal .
rock
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By that time the flame was also very thin, and where it touched the wall the molten rock spat and ran.
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The molten rock is within half a mile of the gates of Zafferana Etnea, a town of 7,000 people.
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In the middle layer is greenish gabbro, molten rock that never made it to the surface of the crust.
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Into these flowed more molten rock , carrying minerals such as tin oxide.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Molten iron is poured into huge moulds and allowed to cool.
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molten lava
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Castings are made by pouring molten metal into a mould and allowing it to solidify.
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Rivers of molten rock were flowing down the sides of the volcano.
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The town was buried under a river of molten lava.
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You can watch craftsmen make beautiful vases out of molten glass.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By that time the flame was also very thin, and where it touched the wall the molten rock spat and ran.
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It is said that he constructed a tank and poured into it molten gold so that it became one vast molten block.
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Some were carrying children, as though the tiny shapes were molten lead running out of their grasp and heavy past holding.
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Something seemed to pour through his face and overwhelm her, something molten , timeless, glorious.
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The sky turned the colour of molten copper.
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They may be composed of impact ejecta, some of which may have been molten .
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This crater often gets filled with lakes of lava which remain molten for amazingly long periods.