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smelt
1[ smelt ]
verb (used with object)
- to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- to obtain or refine (metal) in this way.
smelt
2[ smelt ]
noun
- any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
- any of several superficially similar but unrelated fishes, especially certain silversides, of California.
smelt
3[ smelt ]
verb
- a simple past tense and past participle of smell.
smelt
1/ ɛ /
verb
- tr to extract (a metal) from (an ore) by heating
smelt
2/ ɛ /
noun
- any marine or freshwater salmonoid food fish of the family Osmeridae, such as Osmerus eperlanus of Europe, having a long silvery body and occurring in temperate and cold northern waters
smelt
3/ ɛ /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of smell
smelt
- To melt ores in order to extract the metals they contain. Oxide ores, such as iron ore, are smelted with carbon, which serves as a fuel and changes the ore into a reduced metal.
Word History and Origins
Origin of smelt1
Origin of smelt2
Word History and Origins
Origin of smelt1
Origin of smelt2
Example Sentences
"He was someone who 'smelt of the sheep' - a man of the people who was for the people".
The carpet was wet and the flat smelt damp.
Another Dales resident said he had seen filming at Surrender Bridge, which is close to an old lead smelting mill.
The delta smelt was bound for extinction years ago, but it’s still a red flag signifying political ignorance on the right.
This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, forging and shaping iron to create tools, weapons and other objects may have developed independently in the Indian subcontinent.
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