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Also Inflected form of smell

smelt

UK/smɛlt/ US/ˈsmɛlt/ uncommon obsolete
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

extract (metals) by heating

Origin

From Middle Dutch smelten (“to melt”) or Middle Low German smelten (“to melt”), from Old Dutch *smeltan or Old Saxon smeltan, both from Proto-West Germanic *smeltan, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt”). Related to English melt and Old English meltan (“to melt”). Cognate to Dutch smelten, German schmelzen.

Phrases

  • European smelt
  • Japanese pond smelt
  • Japanese smelt
  • sand smelt

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