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 ³  (smlt)

v.

A past tense and a past participle of smell.

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smelt¹

vb

(Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to extract (a metal) from (an ore) by heating

[from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch smelten; related to Old High German smelzan to melt]

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smelt²

n pl smelt, smelts

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

[Old English smylt; related to Dutch, Danish smelt, Norwegian smelta, German Schmelz]

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smelt³

vb

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

smelt² [smelt] VT → fundir

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smelt³ [smelt] N (= fish) → eperlano m

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smelt [ˈsmɛlt]

pt

pp of smell

vt [+ ore] → fondre

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smelt²

vt ore → schmelzen; (= refine) → verhütten

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smelt³

n pl <-(s)> (= fish) → Stint m

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smelt² [smɛlt] vt (ore) → fondere

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smelt² [smɛlt] vt (ore) → fondere

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smelt smell

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smelt¹

v smelt [smelt]

to melt (ore) in order to separate metal from waste. smelt يَصْهَر المَعادِن разтопявам tavit udsmelte verhütten λιώνω (μετάλλευμα) fundir (metalli maagist) välja sulatama تصفيه كردن sulattaa fondre לְהַתִיך पिघलाना taliti (rudu) kiolvaszt mencairkan bræða fondere, (separare dalle scorie) 精練する (광석 등을) 융해하다 lydyti kausēt (metālu) meleburkan uitsmelten smelte wytapiać fundir a topi выплавлять taviť taliti topiti rudu smälta หลอม ergitmek, izabe etmek 熔煉 плавити کچ دھات کو تپانا، گلانا، پگھلانا nấu chảy 熔炼