noun
Meaning 1
A person or thing that melts.
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Standard Lemma guide
melter
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noun
Meaning 2
A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
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noun
Meaning 3
A laborer who operates such a furnace.
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noun
Meaning 4
A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
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noun
Meaning 5
Obsolete spelling of milter.
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Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
a worker who melts substances (metal or wax etc.)
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Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
From melt + -er.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Schmelzer — person or thing that melts
- Russian: плави́льщик (plavílʹščik) — person or thing that melts
- Russian: плави́льник (plavílʹnik) — person or thing that melts
- German: Schmelzofen — furnace
- Russian: плави́льная печь (plavílʹnaja pečʹ) — furnace
- German: Schmelzer — laborer
- German: Schmelzerin — laborer