Smelt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To melt or fuse (ores) in order to separate the metallic constituents.
  • verb-intransitive. To melt or fuse. Used of ores.
  • n. Any of various small silvery marine and freshwater food fishes of the family Osmeridae, found in cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere, especially Osmerus mordax of North America and O. eperlanus of Europe.
  • v. A past tense and a past participle of smell.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of smell.
  • n. Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
  • n. Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
  • v. to fuse two things into one, especially when involving ores; to meld
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. & p. p. of smell.
  • n. Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
  • n. A gull; a simpleton.
  • v. To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fuse; melt; specifically, to treat (ore) in the large way, and chiefly in a furnace or by the aid of heat, for the purpose of separating the contained metal.
  • To fuse; melt; dissolve.
  • n. Any one of various small fishes.
  • n. A gull; a simpleton.
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
  • v. extract (metals) by heating
  • n. small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
  • Verb Form
    smelted    smelting    smelts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    create    make    produce   
    Variant
    smell   
    Form
    smelted    smelting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gull    simpleton    refine    fuse    melt    reduce    run   
    Verb Stem
    smell   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Celt    belt    celt    dealt    dwelt    felt    knelt    melt    pelt    svelte   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pompano    grouper    snapper    pickerel    haddock    shad    mackerel    catfish    pilchard    cisco