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Plural of smelt

irregular plural

The plural of smelt is smelt or smelts.

Forms of smelt

Singularsmelt /smɛlt/
Pluralsmelt /smɛlt/
smelts
Countablecountable

Plural of smelt by meaning

  1. any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific...: smelt or smelts
  2. production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and...: smelts

Meaning of smelt

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A fool; a simpleton.
  3. noun Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

Full definition of smelt

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of smelt

What is the plural of smelt?
The plural of smelt is smelt or smelts.
Is smelt countable?
Smelt is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: smelt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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