melts
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Examples
After the ice sheet or glacier melts, the mantle begins to flow back to its original position, pushing the crust back up.
Ammonium nitrate is relatively stable, but it melts at 170 degrees Celsius.
At the melting point, the ordering of ions or molecules in the solid breaks down to a less ordered state, and the solid melts to become a liquid.
As the glacier melts or retreats, the debris is deposited and a ridge down the middle of the valley floor is created.
As the candle burns, the wax melts and the follower holds the melted wax in, whilst the stricture rests on the topmost solid portion of wax.
A piece of cheese is surrounded by raw meat and cooked until it melts, resulting in a molten core of cheese within the patty.