SMELT


Meaning of SMELT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ smelt ]

( smelts, smelting, smelted)

1.

Smelt is a past tense and past participle of smell . ( mainly BRIT )

2.

To smelt a substance containing metal means to process it by heating it until it melts, so that the metal is extracted and changed chemically.

Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.

VERB : V n

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