smelter

[ smel-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that smelts.
2. a person who owns or works in a place where ores are smelted.
3. a place where ores are smelted.

smelter

/ ˈsmɛltə /

noun

1. a person engaged in smelting
2. Also calledsmelteryˈsmɛltərɪ an industrial plant in which smelting is carried out

Word History and Origins

Origin of smelter¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; smelt ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Clothing manufacturers, aluminum smelters and factories turning out components for the likes of Apple and Tesla, are limiting production as provinces across China ration power.

From Quartz

My grandfather was born in New Mexico to a father who worked at a smelter.

From ProPublica

"I made a little pilot smelter while you were gone," George said.

From Project Gutenberg

It ran to that amount by actual smelter test, the story goes.

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Two other men came in from the porch: the old smelter Tveryakov and his lodger, the stoker Rybin, a staid, dark-colored peasant.

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"Tony is going to meet us up on the Smelter Road," said Evelyn.

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With dressed tin ores as they are sent to the smelter, the produce is given in cwts.

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