smelter

English

Etymology

From smelt +‎ -er.

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Noun

smelter (plural smelters)

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smelter

  1. present tense of smelte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

smelter

  1. present of smelta