melt

A spoonful of brown sugar becomes caramel as it melts; diced apples collapse into little pockets of warmth; cinnamon laces the air with something almost nostalgic.

Another idea suggests that melting ice dilutes nutrient concentrations in the water.

"You throw in the right ratio of ingredients and then melt everything. It goes above 2,000 degrees Celsius and is slowly cooled down to form a material crystal."

Meteorites from the first generation of planet-building objects melted and transformed, losing much of their original structure.

The surge in the value of gold and other precious materials is boosting the incentives for thieves to target museums with “melt value,” or collections that can be broken down for their raw material.