smelt

🇺🇸 /smelt/ 🇬🇧 /smelt/
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Tags TOP20000
verb
R

To melt rock with metal in it to get the metal out.

They smelt iron to make tools.

translation

v. To melt rock with metal in it to get the metal out.

Word Forms

3rd Present smelts
Past smelted
Perfect smelted
Progressive smelting