smelt

smelt ¹  (smlt)

v. smelt·ed, smelt·ing, smelts

v.tr.

To melt or fuse (ores) in order to separate the metallic constituents.

v.intr.

To melt or fuse. Used of ores.

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[Dutch or Low German smelten, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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smelt ²  (smlt)

n. pl. smelts or smelt

Any of various small silvery marine and freshwater food fishes of the family Osmeridae, found in cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Osmerus mordax of North America and O. eperlanus of Europe.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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smelt ¹

Verb

to extract (a metal) from (an ore) by heating [Middle Low German, Middle Dutch smelten]

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smelt ²

Noun

pl smelt or smelts a small silvery food fish [Old English smylt]

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smelt ³

Verb

a past tense and past participle of smell

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smelt  (smlt)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	smelt - small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water smelt - small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" American smelt, rainbow smelt - common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska European smelt, sparling - common smelt of Europe
	2.	smelt - small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii family Osmeridae, Osmeridae - smelts Osmerus mordax, rainbow smelt - important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska Osmerus eperlanus, sparling, European smelt - the common smelt of Europe capelan, capelin, caplin - very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes smelt - small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
Verb	1.	smelt - extract (metals) by heating produce, create, make - create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries"

Translations

smelt [smɛlt] vt [+ ore] → fundir

pt, pp of smell

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smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell

vt [+ ore] → fondre

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smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell

vt → schmelzen

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smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell

vt [+ ore] → fondere