smelter

English

Etymology

smelt +‎ -er

Noun

smelter (plural smelters)

A person employed to do smelting.
He works as a smelter.
A machine used to smelt metal.
Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
A place where smelting is done.
We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.

Derived terms

smelter dust

Translations

person employed to do smelting

Breton: teuzer -ien m or m pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熔鑄工／熔铸工 (róngzhùgōng)
Finnish: sulattaja
French: métalurgiste
Greek:
Ancient: χωνευτής m (khōneutḗs)
Romanian: topitor (ro) m, topitoare (ro) f
Spanish: fundidor m
Turkish: dökmeci (tr)

machine used to smelt metal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熔爐／熔炉 (zh) (rónglú)
Finnish: sulatusuuni (fi)
Japanese: 溶鉱炉 (ja) (ようこうろ, yōyōro)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smelteovn n
Romanian: topitoare (ro) f
Tagalog: tugnawan

place where smelting is done

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熔爐／熔炉 (zh) (rónglú), 熔鑄廠／熔铸厂 (róngzhùchǎng), 精鍊廠／精炼厂 (jīngliànchǎng), 冶煉廠／冶炼厂 (yěliànchǎng)
Finnish: sulatto (fi)
French: fonderie (fr) f
Italian: fonderia (it) f
Japanese: 精錬所 (せいれんしょ, seirensho)
Maori: whare whakarewa, wheketere whakarewa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smelteverk n

Nynorsk: smelteverk n
Romanian: topitorie (ro) f

Anagrams

Tremles, melters, remelts, resmelt

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smelter

present tense of smelte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

smelter

present of smelta

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