How to Use melting point in a Sentence

melting point

noun

• Brown butter is just butter that's been cooked past the melting point.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 31 Oct. 2019
• All were items with a higher melting point than, say, a human body.
  — cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• Water ice that is near the melting point is opaque to radio waves, and so the ice above the lake must be well below freezing.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2018
• Fahrenheit, hotter than the melting point of glass and aluminum.
  — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
• Every day in January has reached at least the melting point this year.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Jan. 2023
• The fires can burn up to 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit, close to the melting point of the aluminum used in aircraft construction.
  — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
• The authors write that more metals could be added to the material to raise its melting point.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2023
• Figure skaters prefer ice set close to the melting point at 25°F for extra grip and control.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 31 Jan. 2019
• However, the melting point of pure sulfur is only 119C ... which offers one of the first clues to how these strange flows might form.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• The technique takes its name from the fact that, unlike repairs done with welding, the fusing is done far below the melting point.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
• Better to turn it around and say ice has a melting point, which is zero degrees, no question.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2018
• Both the casting metal and the temporal bone were maintained above the melting point of the casting metal.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2014
• The components not covered by the heat shield are made of a molybdenum alloy, which has a melting point of more than 4,000°F.
  — Brian Resnick, Vox, 8 Aug. 2018
• Thus, the ice was superheated, or able to stay solid above its melting point.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2014
• The melting point of steel, fortunately, is a lot hotter than what the fire got up to, 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
  — Hannah K. Sparling, The Enquirer, 17 Nov. 2020
• Because alcohol has a lower melting point than water, this can help thaw some of the frozen gunk.
  — Emily Price, Popular Science, 17 Dec. 2020
• Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Pick a cheese that’s going to be high in moisture with a low melting point, such as medium or sharp cheddar, Gruyère or Fontina cheese.
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2022
• When the pressure dropped, the change lowered the mantle’s melting point, causing the rock to form massive quantities of magma.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2022
• Here, ocean water well above the melting point is eroding the base of the ice, erasing it as an ice cube would disappear bobbing in a glass of water.
  — Ted Scambos, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• Lead is a heavy metal that is soft and malleable, with a relatively low melting point.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
• While it can be eaten raw, due to its high melting point it can also be grilled, sauteed or, for State Fair lovers, fried, without melting away.
  — Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
• Ice around the North Pole neared or reached its melting point at a time once considered unthinkably early.
  — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• The melting point of rock depends on pressure, so hot mantle rock flowing up toward the surface can melt as the pressure drops.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2020
• Bread cheese is usually served warm (more on this later) and has a high melting point, which turns the texture more silky-smooth while still holding its shape.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2021
• This means that temperatures on ancient Mars would have struggled to rise above the melting point of water ice.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Dec. 2020
• The data from EverDrill show that the glaciers are warming internally, and that large volumes of ice may already be close to the melting point, Quincey said.
  — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, 19 June 2019
• It’s used in a lot of foods, particularly candy, in part because of its high melting point.
  — al, 31 Mar. 2021
• The reason is simple: Shortening is less likely to melt than butter due to its higher melting point.
  — Nancie McDermott, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2023
• Packed into a small space only a handful of nanometers long, the atoms’ electrons get squeezed together, resulting in changes to the material’s properties, such as its color or melting point.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024