melter

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noun

A person or thing that melts.

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Meanings

nounmelter (plural melters)

plural melters

  1. A person or thing that melts.
  2. A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
  3. A laborer who operates such a furnace.
  4. A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
  5. obsoleteObsolete spelling of milter.

Origin

From melt + -er.

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Translations

German Schmelzer, Schmelzofen
  • Schmelzerperson or thing that melts
  • Schmelzofenfurnace
  • Schmelzerlaborer
  • Schmelzerinlaborer
Russian плави́льщик, плави́льник
  • плави́льщик (plavílʹščik)person or thing that melts
  • плави́льник (plavílʹnik)person or thing that melts
  • плави́льная печь (plavílʹnaja pečʹ)furnace

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

remelt
Cite this entry
APA

melter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melter

MLA

“melter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melter.

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