smalt

[ smawlt ]

noun
  1. a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.

Origin of smalt

1
1550–60; <Middle French <Italian smaltosmalto

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smalt

/ (smɔːlt) /


noun
  1. a type of silica glass coloured deep blue with cobalt oxide

  2. a pigment made by crushing this glass, used in colouring enamels

  1. the blue colour of this pigment

Origin of smalt

1
C16: via French from Italian smalto, of Germanic origin; related to smelt 1

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