smelter

[ smel-ter ]

/ ˈsmɛl tər /

noun

a person or thing that smelts.

a person who owns or works in a place where ores are smelted.

a place where ores are smelted.

Nearby words

smellies, smelling bottle, smelling salts, smelly, smelt, smelter, smeltery, smetana, smethwick, smew, smidge

Origin of smelter

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at smelt¹, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for smelter

We're going to have an early dinner, and start at one, so we can go through the smelter, after we come up.
In Blue Creek Caon|Anna Chapin Ray
At the first stands the smelter, who with a ladle pours the alloy out of the forehearth into the moulds.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola
A smelter was built below Silver City to treat the ores, hauled there in mule drawn wagons.
The Pinos Altos Story|Dorothy Watson
As we were leaving the smelter he introduced me to the smoke expert of the institution.
The Affable Stranger|Peter McArthur

Calcination of the second matt, or fine metal of the smelter.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for smelter

smelter

/ (ˈsmɛltə) /

noun

a person engaged in smelting

Also called: smeltery (ˈsmɛltərɪ) an industrial plant in which smelting is carried out

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