smelt

Pronunciation: /smɛlt/

The English word “smelt” has 5 meanings listed here.

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.
A fool; a simpleton.
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating 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.

To produce metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

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

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