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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
plural
smelt ,plural
smelts .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
The deputy safeguarding manager at the school in Hackney where the girl, known as Child Q, was strip-searched by officers said the 15-year-old "smelt strongly of cannabis" and had turned up "stoned".
"It was clear as clear, and it smelt lovely until it got to that pipe."
House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list.
"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.
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