verb

• 1(of organic matter) become liquid, typically during decomposition.

  More example sentences

  • ‘Leave somewhere warm for several days to allow the mushrooms to deliquesce.’

  Synonyms

  liquefy, thaw, unfreeze, defrost, soften, run, flux, fuse, render, clarify, dissolve, deliquesce

  1. 1.1Chemistry (of a solid) become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air.
     ‘In situ aerosol pH is the pH value of deliquesced aerosols in the atmosphere.’
     More example sentences

     • ‘It is necessary, however, to be packed in a container, since the salt is deliquesced with absorption of moisture in air.’
     Synonyms

     go into solution, become a solution, break down