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LIQUIFIED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liquified mean?
• LIQUIFIED (adjective)
The adjective LIQUIFIED has 3 senses:
1. changed from a solid to a liquid state
2. reduced to a liquid state
3. reduced to liquid form by heating
Familiarity information: LIQUIFIED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Changed from a solid to a liquid state
Synonyms:
Context example:
rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
Similar:
dissolved ((of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form)
fusible (capable of being melted and fused)
liquefied; liquified; molten (reduced to liquid form by heating)
thawed (no longer frozen solid)
Also:
unfrozen (not frozen)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reduced to a liquid state
Synonyms:
liquefied; liquified
Context example:
liquefied petroleum gas
Similar:
liquid (existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Reduced to liquid form by heating
Synonyms:
Context example:
a mass of molten rock
Similar:
liquid; liquified; melted (changed from a solid to a liquid state)
Context examples
The inside of the container often has a coating (as silvering) on the inside to reduce heat transfer, and is used especially for storing liquified gases or for experiments at low temperatures.
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