noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person employed to do smelting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He works as a smelter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A machine used to smelt metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A place where smelting is done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smelting works
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
an industrial plant for smelting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smeltery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plant, works, industrial plant
History
Etymology
From smelt + -er.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Breton:
teuzer -ien
— person employed to do smelting
Chinese Mandarin:
熔鑄工 /熔铸工
(róngzhùgōng)
— person employed to do smelting
Finnish:
sulattaja
— person employed to do smelting
French:
métalurgiste
— person employed to do smelting
Ancient Greek:
χωνευτής
(khōneutḗs)
— person employed to do smelting
Korean:
용해공
(yonghaegong)
— person employed to do smelting
Romanian:
topitor
— person employed to do smelting
Romanian:
topitoare
— person employed to do smelting
Spanish:
fundidor
— person employed to do smelting
Turkish:
dökmeci
— person employed to do smelting
Turkish:
kalcı
— person employed to do smelting
Ottoman Turkish:
قالجی
(kalcı)
— person employed to do smelting
Chinese Mandarin:
熔爐 /熔炉
(rónglú)
— machine used to smelt metal
Czech:
tavicí pec
— machine used to smelt metal
Finnish:
sulatusuuni
— machine used to smelt metal
Japanese:
溶鉱炉
(yōyōro)
— machine used to smelt metal
Norwegian Bokmål:
smelteovn
— machine used to smelt metal
Romanian:
topitoare
— machine used to smelt metal
Tagalog:
tugnawan
— machine used to smelt metal
Chinese Mandarin:
熔爐 /熔炉
(rónglú)
— place where smelting is done
Chinese Mandarin:
熔鑄廠 /熔铸厂
(róngzhùchǎng)
— place where smelting is done
Chinese Mandarin:
精鍊廠 /精炼厂
(jīngliànchǎng)
— place where smelting is done
Chinese Mandarin:
冶煉廠 /冶炼厂
(yěliànchǎng)
— place where smelting is done
Czech:
huť
— place where smelting is done
Finnish:
sulatto
— place where smelting is done
French:
fonderie
— place where smelting is done
Italian:
fonderia
— place where smelting is done
Japanese:
精錬所
(seirensho)
— place where smelting is done
Māori:
whare whakarewa
— place where smelting is done
Māori:
wheketere whakarewa
— place where smelting is done
Norwegian Bokmål:
smelteverk
— place where smelting is done
Norwegian Nynorsk:
smelteverk
— place where smelting is done
Romanian:
topitorie
— place where smelting is done
Spanish:
fundición
— place where smelting is done
Spanish:
forja
— place where smelting is done
Spanish:
fundería (disused)
— place where smelting is done