smelt
IPA: smˈɛɫt
noun
- 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.
- (obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
- Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting 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.
verb
- To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld.
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Examples of "smelt" in Sentences
- I smelt like a badger.
- Is he good at smelting
- The man smelted the iron.
- The blacksmith smelts copper.
- I smelt the aroma of flowers.
- What is the smelting a piece of metal for
- The slag is a byproduct of the smelting process.
- Orange and black super smelt is the one of choice.
- The is the traditional Japanese furnace used for smelting iron and steel.
- Research into the smelting of iron using anthracite coal began in the 1820s.
- Bole smelting was replaced by smelting in smeltmills in the late 16th century.
- I have caught pike thru the ice using dressed smelt from the grocery store because they were oily and had "fragrance".
- Solomonic (?) description is very correct; the shrub affects vineyards, and about Bombay forms fine hedges which can be smelt from a distance.
- The delta smelt is a handy whipping boy for the likes of Rep. Devin Nunes, who has tried to suspend the ESA to prevent what he calls a “government imposed dust bowl.”
- When he turned the tables by talking of slander, loss of time, and compensation, Daddy Darwin smelt money, and tremblingly whispered to Master Shaw to apologise and get out of it.
- Already the _Votaress's_ divine breath smelt of coffee, real coffee -- _chaud comme l'enfer et noir comme le diable -- smelt_ of it, as, we fear, we shall never smell it again in this trust-ridden world.
- But the smelt is only a symptom of the collapse of one of America’s most important ecosystems, a collapse that has been building for decades and affects not just the smelt, but salmon, steelhead and about 750 other species of fish, birds and animals – 18 of which are designated as threatened or endangered by the state and federal governments.