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smelt
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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.

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

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.

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

smelt 3  (smlt)
v.
A past tense and a past participle of smell.

smelt 1
Verb
to extract (a metal) from (an ore) by heating [Middle Low German, Middle Dutch smelten]

smelt 2
Noun
pl smelt or smelts a small silvery food fish [Old English smylt]

smelt 3
Verb
a past tense and past participle of smell

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.smeltsmelt - 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
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
Verb1.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

smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell
vt [+ ore] → fondre

smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell
vtschmelzen

smelt [smɛlt] pt, pp of smell
vt [+ ore] → fondere

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 ...을 제련하다, 용해하다 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


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