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
Bechtel National, the contractor building and commissioning the vitrification plant for DOE, started up the first melter at the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility in October 2022.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
Dropping the melter’s temperature can damage the melter’s insulation, or refractory, which can harden and become ineffective if the temperature cools while the melter holds molten glass.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Early Monday morning the melter temperature had reached 313 degrees and the heat up was paused for 48 hours for a preplanned evaluation.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
“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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