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smelter

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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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
  • Spanish: herrería — place where smelting is done
  • Spanish: ferrería — place where smelting is done