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adj. - Capable of changing from a solid to a liquid (usually with heat)

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  • Any wheel of mild, nutty, meltable cheese may be substituted.
  • I will claim the right to change my faves — because, after all, such lists are as meaningless and meltable as Silly Putty.
  • After all, he could have resided outside of Baltimore and ridden in a buggy—if nothing else there would have been plenty of fine, meltable snow.
  • I love real ice cream, but about once every two years I have to have "soft-serve" ice cream, which is not ice cream but a sort of meltable packing material.
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