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Definition smelt

Etymology 1

From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.

Noun

smelt (plural smelts)

1. 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.
2. (obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.

Etymology 2

From very early Middle English smel; likely to derive from Old English, but not recorded.

Verb

smelt

1. simple past tense and past participle of smell

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), both from Proto-Germanic *smeltan? (“to melt”). Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.

Noun

smelt (plural smelts)

1. Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
2. Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.

Verb

smelt (third-person singular simple present smelts, present participle smelting, simple past and past participle smelted)

1. to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld

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