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
A second attempt to heat up the melter started in June 2023 and was successful.
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
Bechtel National, the contractor building and commissioning the plant for DOE, attempted to heat up the plant’s first 300-ton melter Oct.
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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