melt down metal
Frequency: 6.37.5 per million words
To melt something solid, especially metal, so that it can be used again.
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- The factory can melt down old metal scraps to create new products.
- They plan to melt down the abandoned cars' metal for reuse.
- Before casting, the artisans carefully melt down the raw metal.
- The old coins were melted down to yield precious metal.
- After the war, they melted down much of the weaponry metal into agricultural tools.
- Specialized furnaces are needed to melt down refractory metal alloys.
- She observed them melt down the discarded metal parts for recycling.
- It's an efficient process to melt down aluminum metal for recycling.
- He suggested they melt down the old statue and reuse its metal.
- If we melt down this metal at a high temperature, we can easily reshape it.