melter
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Origin of melter
Example Sentences
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It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025
Later this year, chemicals to simulate waste will be added to the first melter in a step called cold commissioning.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
The first melter has been used to fill four canisters with glass, and that work is continuing to build proficiency in each of four crews that operate the melter around the clock.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
The melter filled a first container with glass before the end of 2023 in the test run.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
“That’s the uncapper over there, where we take the wax off the comb. Then it goes through the wax melter over here.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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