smelter

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smelter

noun smelters

A person employed to do smelting. He works as a smelter.
A machine used to smelt metal. Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
A place where smelting is done. We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.
Similar: smelting works

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noun person employed to do smelting

Español	fundidor
中文	熔鑄工 /熔铸工 róngzhùgōng
Français	métalurgiste
Română	topitor, topitoare

noun machine used to smelt metal

日本語	溶鉱炉 yōyōro
中文	熔爐 /熔炉 rónglú
Română	topitoare

noun place where smelting is done

Español	fundición, forja, fundería (disused), herrería, ferrería
日本語	精錬所 seirensho
中文	熔爐 /熔炉 rónglú, 熔鑄廠 /熔铸厂 róngzhùchǎng, 精鍊廠 /精炼厂 jīngliànchǎng, 冶煉廠 /冶炼厂 yěliànchǎng
Français	fonderie
Italiano	fonderia
Română	topitorie

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@misc{smelter_2026,
  title = {smelter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smelter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}