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In design and technology, molten metal is poured into moulds. In cooking, a «molten» pudding is gooey inside. Phrases: molten rock, molten lava, molten metal. ### Examples - Molten rock pours out of a volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x1) - The Earth's outer core is made of molten iron. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x2) - Molten metal is poured into a mould. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x3) - The glassblower shaped the molten glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x4) - Be careful — molten wax is very hot! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x5) - The pudding had a molten chocolate centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x6) - Molten lava glowed red in the dark. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x7) - Under the roof were loopholes to shoot through, and to pour down boiling water or even molten lead on the enemy, should he approach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/#x8) ### Note Used for things that melt at very high temperatures (rock, metal, glass). For ice or butter, say «melted»: «melted butter», not «molten butter» (except in cooking jokes). «Molten» is an old form of «melted». ## In Jewish tradition It means made by melting metal and pouring it into a mold. A "molten god" or "molten image" is an idol cast from metal. It can also mean simply melted, as when metal is melted out of stone. **Interpretation.** The Torah forbids making idols of any kind. The golden calf, made at Horeb, is the best-known molten image, and the psalms and the prophets, such as Isaiah, mock idols as useless. In Job it describes ordinary metal-working. ### Examples - Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x1) - Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x2) - Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. (Torah DEU.27.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x3) - They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image. (Writings PSA.106.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x4) - Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing? (Prophets ISA.44.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x5) - Iron is taken out of the dust, and brass is molten out of the stone. (Writings JOB.28.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/#x6) ### Note Used for things that melt at very high temperatures (rock, metal, glass). For ice or butter, say «melted»: «melted butter», not «molten butter» (except in cooking jokes). «Molten» is an old form of «melted». ## Early Modern English ### Meaning Made by pouring melted metal into a mould, so it is a solid thing shaped by heat; here it means a metal idol or gold that is melted and cast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/molten/#m1) ### Then and now Today it means melted by great heat, as in molten lava; in the Torah "molten gods" are idols cast from metal, which is a sense today's readers would not expect. ### Examples - Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. (Torah EXO.34.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/molten/#x1) - “Why tears, beloved one?” cried the gnome anxiously; “every tear of yours falls upon my heart like a drop of molten gold. (The Brown Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/molten/#x2) - Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/molten/#x3) ### Note Today: melted, cast in metal. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «molten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/molten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«molten» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/molten.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «molten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/molten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«molten» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/molten.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «molten» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/M/molten/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«molten» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/molten.html) on Mova free.