smelter.
A person employed to do smelting.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- Proto-Indo-European *(s)méldeti Proto-Germanic *smeltaną Proto-Germanic *smeltaz Proto-West Germanic *smelt Old English smelt Middle English smelt English smelt English -er English smelter From smelt + -er.
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