unmelt

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verb

To undergo the process of melting in reverse.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbunmelt (third-person singular simple present unmelts, present participle unmelting, simple past and past participle unmelted)

present singular third person unmelts · participle present unmelting · participle past unmelted · past unmelted

  1. intransitiveTo undergo the process of melting in reverse.

    A snowflake does not unmelt.

    2002, Dale Bick Carlson, Kishore Khairnar, In and Out of Your Mind: Teen Science: Human Bites, page 76
    1 more example

    Eggs break, but do not unbreak; candles melt, but they don't unmelt; memories are of the past, never of the future; […]

    2008, Arieh Ben-Naim, Entropy Demystified, page 208

Origin

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APA

unmelt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmelt

MLA

“unmelt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmelt. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmelt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmelt.

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