/smɛlt/
OriginFrom Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.
- Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
- obsoleteA fool; a simpleton.
“These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will, this is a very Smelt”
- countable, uncountableProduction of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
- countable, uncountableAny of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
“1982, Raymond E. Kirk and Donald F. Othmer, Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Wiley, →ISBN, page 405,
The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt, contains an insolubl”
“1996, Arthur J. Wilson, The Living Rock: The Story of Metals Since Earliest Time and Their Impact on Civilization,
When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured dir”
“2000, Julian Henderson, The Science and Archaeology of Materials: An Investigation of Inorganic Materials,
[…] can vary in different positions in the furnace and during the smelt.
Furnaces are unlikel”
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of smell
- To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
Formssmelt(plural) · smelts(plural) · smelts(present, singular, third-person) · smelting(participle, present) · smelted(participle, past) · smelted(past)