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hello,thank you for reply. Can I use the word "melt" for sugar.For example,in the following sentance:  "Wait till the sugar melts in coffe."If anyother word is there, kindly let me know. cheers

Trellis · Accepted Answer

Wait until the sugar dissolves in the coffee.

or

Stir the coffee with a spoon until the sugar dissolves.

Less waiting then.

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dissolve (dî-zòlv´) verb
dissolved, dissolving, dissolves verb, transitive

1. To cause to pass into solution: dissolve salt in water.
2. To reduce (solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
3. To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel.
4. To break into component parts; disintegrate.
5. To bring to an end by or as if by breaking up; terminate.
6. To dismiss (a legislative body, for example): dissolved parliament and called for new elections.
7. To cause to break down emotionally or psychologically; upset.
8. To cause to lose definition; blur; confuse: "Morality has finally been dissolved in pity" (Leslie Fiedler).
9. Law. To annul; abrogate.

verb, intransitive
1. To pass into solution.
2. To become liquid; melt.
3. To break up or disperse.
4. To become disintegrated; disappear.
5. To be overcome emotionally or psychologically: I dissolved into helpless laughter.
6. To lose clarity or definition; fade away.
7. To shift scenes in a motion-picture film or videotape by having one scene fade out while the next scene appears behind it and grows clearer as the first one dims.

noun
A scene transition in a motion-picture film or videotape made by fading out one scene while the next scene grows clearer. Also called lap dissolve.
[Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere : dis-, dis- + solvere, to release.]
- dissolv´able adjective
- dissolv´er noun

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