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| chocolate chip |
a small piece of chocolate used in baking. Chocolate chips are made to melt easily, and they are usually produced in the same size and shape, which is a little similar to a cone. |
| dissolve |
to mix completely with liquid. [1/5 definitions] |
| furnace |
anything in which heat is made for a specific purpose by burning fuel. A furnace can be used to heat a building or to melt metal. |
| fuse2 |
to cause to become liquid by using heat; melt. [2/4 definitions] |
| melt |
If something melts away, it disappears gradually. If you melt into a crowd, you mix into the crowd and disappear. [3/4 definitions] |
| smelt1 |
to melt or fuse in order to separate and obtain the metal content. |
| thaw |
a period of weather warm enough to melt ice and snow. [1/4 definitions] |
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