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smelter

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smelt·er  (smltr)
n.
1.
a. An apparatus for smelting.
b. also smelt·er·y (smlt-r) pl. smelt·er·ies An establishment for smelting.
2. One who is engaged in the smelting industry.
smelter [ˈsmɛltə]
n
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a person engaged in smelting
2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Also called smeltery [ˈsmɛltərɪ] an industrial plant in which smelting is carried out
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.smeltersmelter - an industrial plant for smelting    
smeltery
industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
Translations
smelter [ˈsmeltəʳ] N → horno m de fundición
smelter
n (= furnace) → Schmelzhütte f, → Schmelzerei f; (= person) → Schmelzer(in) m(f)
smelter [ˈsmɛltəʳ] n → fonderia
smelter [ˈsmɛltəʳ] n → fonderia


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We had called in at Selby's Smelter one afternoon, while on patrol work, when all unknown to us our opportunity happened along.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
Wemmick presented to me as a smelter who kept his pot always boiling, and who would melt me anything I pleased - and who was in an excessive white-perspiration, as if he had been trying his art on himself.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I could make out the Selby Smelter on the Contra Costa shore and the Mare Island lighthouse.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
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