verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ice melts
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The ice in my glass had begun to melt.
melt butter
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Melt the butter and mix it with the other ingredients.
melted butter (= heated until it is liquid )
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Brush the pastry with a little melted butter.
melted cheese
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Nachos are good with melted cheese.
melted chocolate
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Stir in the eggs and the melted chocolate.
melting point
melting pot
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New York has always been a great melting pot.
snow melts (= turns to water )
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The snow has melted and the ground is bare once more.
the frost melts
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The frost was gradually melting.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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The throng in front of Owen melted away , leaving his men exposed, so he drew them back into the shadows.
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She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away .
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And in a moment, 48 years melt away .
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Both activities cause the tax revenue necessary to pay for redistributive activities to melt away .
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It is hoped that in this way the metaphysical difficulties surrounding this problem will largely melt away .
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In nubble time history melts away , taking with it all traces of the number game.
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Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble.
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Thursday, major stores reported figures showing that those expectations had melted away .
down
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Silver of this period is especially rare as much of it was melted down in the Revolution or to fund wars.
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But that tradition melted down this winter, a casualty of the trash politics of 1996.
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Their stooping posture was of a person melting down , slumping into the stance of a vicious carnivore.
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I want to talk in metaphors of heat, of burning, of barriers melting down in the face of irresistible passions.
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Tons of railings and beautiful iron statues, some from graveyards, were melted down for the war effort.
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The ancient bells were melted down .
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Often it can take a little while to melt down the pieces of ice to make drinking water.
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That kind of success would surely melt down the lead of anxiety and fear.
■ NOUN
butter
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Place the butter and water in a saucepan and heat until the butter is melted .
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However, when you meet Sean Young she's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
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Bring water to boil and add butter to melt .
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Let the butter melt over very gentle heat.
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Heat together the butter and olive oil in a large pan or casserole dish, until the butter has melted .
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Heat the butter and the olive oil together in a large heavy saucepan or casserole dish, until the butter has melted .
cheese
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The chicken version is filled with corn, black beans, peppers, onions, melted cheese and of course, chicken.
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Dramatic look with tiny jalapeno pepper slices embedded in melted cheese topping.
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A General Electric toaster oven, distinguished by four years of melted cheese dripped from countless tuna melts and toasted-cheese sandwiches.
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Matt was laughing so hard he dropped his Frito chips and melted cheese on the floor beneath the stands.
chocolate
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For the topping, melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over simmering water or in the microwave.
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Thwack the bottom but be careful not to get hot melted chocolate on your finger.
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Make sure you melt the chocolate slowly, especially white chocolate.
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Meanwhile, melt the chocolate and allow to cool slightly.
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In nineteenth-century Paris young revellers would melt down chocolate and smear horrified passers-by with what they took to be excrement.
glass
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The temperatures necessary for melting glass had been achieved in the manufacture of copper alloys thousands of years before.
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He got his popcorn and the lady laid his quarter change in a spot of melted butter on the glass .
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This information is additional to that gained on crystallization, melting , glass transitions, and decompositions.
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Depending on the furnace type used, the melting of the glass batch was normally carried out in crucibles.
heart
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And-guess what-his flinty heart is melted .
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Do you think the ice around your own heart might have melted for eternity?
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Then his eyes saw one of his country's rivers, his heart melted .
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For a day, Nigel resented this, but then the photograph looked so beautiful and vulnerable that his heart melted .
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Sarah saw her daughter's face crumple and her heart melted .
heat
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Remove from the heat and allow to melt very slowly, stirring occasionally.
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Combine the preserves and water in a small saucepan and heat until preserves melt .
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Intense heat had melted and buckled the twisting frame that caught fire.
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Cook over low heat until melted , stirring constantly.
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Ice always needs heat to melt .
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In a nonstick skillet over high heat , melt butter as needed to cover bottom of pan.
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Industrial cleaning Dry-ice rice HEAT ice; it melts .
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The heat has melted the sap in the pine trees, and the dampness carries that bright smell.
ice
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She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt .
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The words tumbled out with such stumbling sincerity that she looked at him, the ice in her eyes melting .
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The ice has continued to melt ever since.
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The ice had melted and the drink was warm.
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Obviously if it weren't cold the ice would melt .
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When the ice melted the valleys were drowned, forming deep water inlets, or fjords.
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As the ice melted , the salt water was mixed with more plain water.
iron
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The melting point of iron was exorbitantly hot.
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The melting and sinking of iron to form a liquid core at the center was therefore an event of catastrophic proportions.
mouth
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However, when you meet Sean Young she's disarmingly polite and looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth .
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These eggs melt in your mouth .
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Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth .
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The meat is juicy and salty, peppery around the edges, and just soft enough to melt in your mouth .
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She may look like a fire-breathing dragon, but butter wouldn't melt in her mouth .
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From the look of her, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth !
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The salmon sushi and the yellowtail sashimi are likely to melt in your mouth , so pay close attention.
snow
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Tiny fields, green and white where the snow was melting again, led down to the outskirts of the town.
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Outside, the huge piles of snow are melting .
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Food is at its most plentiful during the short summer months, when the snow melts to uncover the higher mountain pastures.
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It has to do with how that snow pile melts .
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She would get away from here as soon as the snow began to melt .
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As the snow began to melt and to run in rivulets, I held tighter to Charlie.
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Most of the snow had melted here.
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The snow had melted and was transformed to mud.
temperature
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The temperatures necessary for melting glass had been achieved in the manufacture of copper alloys thousands of years before.
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When water gets below that temperature , it will freeze; when it gets above that temperature, it will melt .
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Not all magmas have the same composition, and magmas with different compositions melt at different temperatures .
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Also a rise in temperature melts fats making them more fluid and easier to remove.
water
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Soon after ice in water has melted , add water, mixing just until dough comes together.
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As the Earth warmed and partial melting occurred, water was released and carried to the surface along with lava.
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When water gets below that temperature, it will freeze; when it gets above that temperature, it will melt .
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As the ice melted , the salt water was mixed with more plain water.
■ VERB
begin
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She would get away from here as soon as the snow began to melt .
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As the snow began to melt and to run in rivulets, I held tighter to Charlie.
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David's first attempt at the challenge last year had to be abandoned because the ice began to melt .
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After that, the snow begins to melt .
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Stand the bowl over a pan of simmering water and heat very gently until the chocolate begins to melt .
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As the cheese begins to melt , start checking underside of tortilla for browning.
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I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt , dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
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He had only to look at her for all her firmly made resolutions to begin to melt away.
feel
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I felt a melting in me.
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But tonight she feels her resolve melting .
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Pears, apples, and grapes were so sweet that they felt like they were melting in my mouth.
seem
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The rest of her body seemed to have melted into a useless tangle of arms and legs.
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Two steps, and the staircase seemed to melt like jelly; she had to grip the banister with both hands.
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The fireworks seemed to pulse with the music, her skin seemed to melt and re-form from moment to moment.
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It is partly cut from the mountain and almost seems to melt into the rock.
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She seemed to be melting into the darkness behind her.
start
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The glacier feeding the fjord starts to melt at this time of year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
boiling point/freezing point/melting point etc
butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth
in the melting pot
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a small frying pan.
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Melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the sugar.
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melted cheese
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I just melt whenever I see him.
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It was not very cold, and some snow had melted.
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The chocolate had melted and was all over the inside of her pocket.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And in our sandwich, the grated cheese, when melted, got lost in the shuffle of the other ingredients.
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Do you think the ice around your own heart might have melted for eternity?
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Grill until the cheese has melted.
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High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach.
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Prepare a white sauce by melting the butter in a pan, then adding the flour.
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Rivers of raindrops created the illusion that all the faces were melting, were weeping.