"melty" meaning in English

See melty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: meltier [comparative], meltiest [superlative]
Etymology: melt + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|melt|y}} melt + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} melty (comparative meltier, superlative meltiest)
  1. Having a high tendency to melt.
    Sense id: en-melty-en-adj-ZUmdAWjv
  2. In the state of being melted.
    Sense id: en-melty-en-adj-NU2L0Gqr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 13 87

Inflected forms

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