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smelter

smelter noun: a person employed to do smelting.

Noun

smelter (plural smelters)

  1. A person employed to do smelting.
    • He works as a smelter.
  2. A machine used to smelt metal.
    • Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
  3. A place where smelting is done.
    • We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.
    Synonyms:
    smelting works

smelter meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

smelter in Tamil

உருக்குமுலை

smelter in Tagalog

machine used to smelt metal
tugnawan

Synonyms of smelter

Forms of smelter

pluralsmelters

Plural of smelter: smelters

Origin of smelter

From smelt + -er.

Words formed from smelter

Phrases with smelter

Questions about smelter

What does smelter mean?
Smelter means a person employed to do smelting.
What is smelter in Tamil?
Smelter in Tamil is உருக்குமுலை. See Smelter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is smelter?
Smelter is a noun.
What is the plural of smelter?
The plural of smelter is smelters.

Words near smelter in the dictionary

  1. smelt the barn
  2. smelt up
  3. smelt what someone was stepping in
  4. smeltable
  5. smelted
  6. smelter
  7. smelter dust
  8. smelter dusts
  9. smelteries
  10. smelters
  11. smeltery

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Adapted from Wiktionary: smelter (page history and authors); smelter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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