Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Changed from a solid to a liquid state: The state of a substance that has been melted or dissolved.
   • Reduced to a liquid form: Made fluid, often through the application of heat or pressure.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The liquified chocolate was poured over the strawberries. (The solid chocolate was melted into a pourable liquid.)
  • Liquified natural gas is easier to transport over long distances. (The natural gas has been cooled and compressed into a liquid state.)
  • The intense heat from the volcano created a stream of liquified rock. (The rock was melted into a fluid state by the heat.)

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Scientific Context: Often used in scientific, industrial, and culinary contexts to describe the process or result of making a solid substance fluid.
  • The new process involves using liquified carbon dioxide as a solvent.
• As a Past Participle: Functions as an adjective derived from the verb "liquefy."
  • The once-solid butter was now completely liquified in the pan.

Variants and Related Words

• Liquefy (verb): To make or become liquid.
  • The pressure will liquefy the gas.
• Liquefaction (noun): The process of liquefying.
  • Soil liquefaction can occur during an earthquake.
• Liquid (noun/adjective): A substance that flows freely but is of constant volume; having a consistency like that of water or oil.
  • Water is a liquid at room temperature.

Synonyms

• Melted: Changed from solid to liquid by heat.
• Fluid: Having particles that easily move and change their relative position.
• Molten (specifically for materials liquefied by intense heat, like metal or rock): Made liquid by heat.

Antonyms

• Solid: Firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid.
• Frozen: Turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
• Coagulated: Changed to a solid or semi-solid state.

Related Phrases

• Liquified form: The state of being in liquid form.
  • The metal must be in a liquified form before it can be cast into a mold.
• Liquified gas: A gas that has been condensed into a liquid.
  • The truck carries tanks of liquified oxygen.

Adjective

1. reduced to liquid form by heating
   • a mass of molten rock
2. reduced to a liquid state
   • liquefied petroleum gas
3. changed from a solid to a liquid state
   • rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow