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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
- 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/ smɛlt /
verb
- tr to extract (a metal) from (an ore) by heating
smelt
2/ smɛlt /
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/ smɛlt /
verb
- a past tense and past participle of smell
smelt
/ smĕlt /
- 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
Trump rehearsed his long-discredited claim that California’s water supply has been wasted to serve the interests of the tiny delta smelt, an innocent bystander.
This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, forging and shaping iron to create tools, weapons and other objects may have developed independently in the Indian subcontinent.
It’s one of several threatened and endangered fish species in the Delta, including steelhead trout, two types of Chinook salmon, longfin smelt and green sturgeon.
“They talk about the delta smelt,” Trump said.
He has criticised California Governor Gavin Newsom and repeatedly made claims that the state had water issues because it diverted supplies to save a small fish called a smelt.
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