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smelt

smelt
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Meanings

Transitive Verbsmelt
[~ something]

To extract metal from its ore by heating it to a very high temperature.

The company smelted the iron ore in a massive blast furnace.

Intransitive Verbsmelt

To engage in the process of extracting metal from ore through heating.

The facility was designed to smelt on a commercial scale.

Nounsmelt

A small silvery fish that is often caught in large numbers and used for food.

The fishermen spent the evening catching smelt in the river.

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