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melter

American  
[mel-ter] / ˈmɛl tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that melts.

  2. a person in charge of a steelmaking furnace.


Etymology

Origin of melter

First recorded in 1525–35; melt 1 + -er 1


Example Sentences

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It will always be a melter of a slow jam, but its intention is in those parentheses – to be in the sensation of aliveness he’s created.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2025

Later this year, chemicals to simulate waste will be added to the first melter in a step called cold commissioning.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

The melter filled a first container with glass before the end of 2023 in the test run.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

Bechtel National, the contractor building and commissioning the vitrification plant for DOE, started up the first melter at the plant’s Low-Activity Waste Facility in October 2022.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

“That’s the uncapper over there, where we take the wax off the comb. Then it goes through the wax melter over here.”

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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