melter

American  

[mel-ter] / ˈmɛl tər /

noun

1. a person or thing that melts. melt.

2. a person in charge of a steelmaking furnace.

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Etymology

Origin of melter

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

Example Sentences

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

But as temperatures approached 300 degrees, the heatup was halted as a problem was discovered with the power supply to the melter’s startup heaters.

From Seattle Times

Last October, the first of two melters used to actually vitrify the waste became active, with the second melter scheduled to launch this spring.

From Seattle Times

Bechtel National, the contractor building and commissioning the plant for DOE, attempted to heat up the plant’s first 300-ton melter Oct.

From Seattle Times

Then, two separate melter plants — human-made volcanoes that operate at the temperature of lava — would encase both in glass.

From New York Times