liquefied
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Changed to a liquid state: Describes a substance that has been transformed from a solid or gas into a liquid form, typically through the application of heat or pressure.
- Made molten: Specifically refers to a solid material that has been heated until it melts and flows like a liquid.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The liquefied metal was poured into the mold. (The metal, which had been melted into a liquid, was poured into the mold.)
- Natural gas is often transported as a liquefied gas. (Natural gas is transported in its cooled, liquid form.)
- They used liquefied butter in the recipe. (They used butter that had been melted into a liquid state.)
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Scientific Context: Often used in scientific, industrial, and culinary contexts to describe the state change of a material.
- The process yields a liquefied polymer ready for extrusion.
- "Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)": A specific, common term for natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state for storage and transport.
- The country imports large quantities of liquefied natural gas.
Variants and Related Words
- Liquefy (verb): To make or become liquid.
- Heat will liquefy the wax.
- Liquefaction (noun): The process of liquefying or the state of being liquefied.
- The liquefaction of the soil caused by the earthquake was devastating.
- Molten (adjective): Made liquid by heat (often used for metals, rocks).
- Lava is molten rock.
Synonyms
- Melted: Changed from solid to liquid by heat.
- Fluid: Having a substance that flows easily (can be broader than liquefied).
- Molten: Made liquid by great heat (usually for solids that require high temperatures).
Antonyms
- Solidified: Changed from liquid to solid.
- Frozen: Changed from liquid to solid by cold.
- Gaseous: Existing as a gas.
Related Phrases/Compounds
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG): A flammable mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as fuel, stored and transported as a liquid under pressure.
- Many vehicles in the region run on liquefied petroleum gas.
Adjective
- reduced to liquid form by heating
- a mass of molten rock
- reduced to a liquid state
- liquefied petroleum gas