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smelting

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of smelt

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَهْر (ṣahr) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Armenian: հալում (halum) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Catalan: fosa — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冶煉 /冶炼 (yěliàn) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熔煉 /熔炼 (róngliàn) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Czech: tavení — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Czech: tavba — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Dutch: wegsmelten — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Dutch: smelten — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Finnish: pelkistyssulatus — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Finnish: sulatus — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • French: fonte — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • French: fonderie — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • German: Schmelzen — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Ancient Greek: χώνευσις (khṓneusis) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Hebrew: הִתּוּךְ (hitúkh) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Hebrew: זִקּוּק יָבֵשׁ — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Japanese: 製錬 (seiren) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Korean: 제련 (jeryeon) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Low German: Smölten — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Macedonian: то́пење (tópenje) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Macedonian: претопу́вање (pretopúvanje) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Manx: lheie — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Māori: whakarewa — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Portuguese: fundição — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Russian: пла́вка (plávka) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Spanish: fundición — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Spanish: copelación — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Swedish: smältning — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Tagalog: magluto — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Turkish: kal — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
  • Ottoman Turkish: قال (kal) — process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore
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