noun
melt
A sandwich or dish topped with melted cheese.
The diner serves a tuna melt with crisp golden fries.
Etymology
The dish takes its name from the action that gives it a characteristic topping. Melted cheese supplies the identifying feature of a tuna melt or similar preparation.
More examples
- I order a turkey melt on rye.
- These mushroom melts have Swiss cheese bubbling on top.
- She puts the open-faced melt under the broiler until the cheese bubbles.
Forms
melt · melts
Similar words
- sandwich
- A broader term that does not require melted cheese.