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How to pronounce “melt”

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Pronunciation guide for melt

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of melt with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance 18 minutesor we could just wait for it to melt, I suppose, these days,
Definition summary: (ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

Example 1 of 8

Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance 18 minutes

or we could just wait for it to melt, I suppose, these days,

[Verb]
(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
(intransitive, figuratively) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
(intransitive) To be discouraged.
(intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
[Noun]
Molten material, the product of melting.
The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
A melt sandwich.
(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
(UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
(UK, politics, slang, derogatory) A centre-left or liberal person, when in opposition to a leftist; (especially) a critic of Jeremy Corbyn within the Labour Party.
Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.

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