smelt
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smelt¹
- /smɛlt/
Rhymes with -ɛlt
Where it comes from
From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-West Germanic *smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.
noun smelt · smelts
- 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.
- A fool; a simpleton. These direct Men, they are no Men of fashion, Talk what you will, this is a very Smelt
smelt²
- /smɛlt/
Rhymes with -ɛlt
Where it comes from
From very early Middle English smelte; likely to derive from Old English, but not recorded.
verb
- simple past and past participle of smell
smelt³
- /smɛlt/
Rhymes with -ɛlt
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”).
Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.
noun smelts
- Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
- Any 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 insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance.
verb smelts · smelting · smelted
- To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rock, refine, osmerid, european smelt, sparling, eperlan, capelin, smeltie, frostfish, merling, blacksmelt, fallfish, chiselmouth, grey mullet, peamouth, moloid
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noun fish of the family Osmeridae
| Español | eperlano |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 胡瓜魚 kyūriuo |
| 中文 | 胡瓜魚 /胡瓜鱼 húguāyú |
| Français | éperlan |
| Deutsch | Stint |
| Italiano | sperlano |
| Русский | ко́рюшка kórjuška |
verb to fuse produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal
| Español | fundir, soldar, copelar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 冶煉 /冶炼 yěliàn, 熔煉 /熔炼 róngliàn |
| Português | fundir |
| Deutsch | verschmelzen |
| Italiano | fondere |
| Русский | спла́вить splávitʹ, сплавля́ть splavljátʹ |
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