smelter

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noun

A person employed to do smelting.

“He works as a smelter.”

Similar
smelting workssmeltery
OriginEnglish smelt ← Middle English smelt ← Old English smelt →
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Meanings

nounsmelter (plural smelters)

plural smelters

  1. A person employed to do smelting.

    He works as a smelter.

  2. A machine used to smelt metal.

    Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.

  3. A place where smelting is done.

    We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.

    Synonyms: smelting works

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place where smelting is done.

Similar
smelting works

More synonyms by meaning

nounan industrial plant for smelting

Similar
smeltery
Broader
plantworksindustrial plant
Also see
smelterysmelting works

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meld-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)méldeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*smeltaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*smeltaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*smelt
  6. Old Englishsmelt
  7. Middle Englishsmelt
  8. Englishsmelt
  9. Englishsmelter

From smelt + -er.

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Translations

Ancient Greek χωνευτής
  • χωνευτής (khōneutḗs)person employed to do smelting
Chinese Mandarin 熔鑄工 /熔铸工, 熔爐 /熔炉
  • 熔鑄工 /熔铸工 (róngzhùgōng)person employed to do smelting
  • 熔爐 /熔炉 (rónglú)machine used to smelt metal
  • 熔爐 /熔炉 (rónglú)place where smelting is done
  • 熔鑄廠 /熔铸厂 (róngzhùchǎng)place where smelting is done
  • 精鍊廠 /精炼厂 (jīngliànchǎng)place where smelting is done
  • 冶煉廠 /冶炼厂 (yěliànchǎng)place where smelting is done
Czech tavicí pec, huť
  • tavicí pecmachine used to smelt metal
  • huťplace where smelting is done
Finnish sulattaja, sulatusuuni
  • sulattajaperson employed to do smelting
  • sulatusuunimachine used to smelt metal
  • sulattoplace where smelting is done
French métalurgiste, fonderie
  • métalurgisteperson employed to do smelting
  • fonderieplace where smelting is done
Italian fonderia
  • fonderiaplace where smelting is done
Japanese 溶鉱炉, 精錬所
  • 溶鉱炉 (yōyōro)machine used to smelt metal
  • 精錬所 (seirensho)place where smelting is done
Korean 용해공
  • 용해공 (yonghaegong)person employed to do smelting
Māori whare whakarewa, wheketere whakarewa
  • whare whakarewaplace where smelting is done
  • wheketere whakarewaplace where smelting is done
Norwegian Bokmål smelteovn, smelteverk
  • smelteovnmachine used to smelt metal
  • smelteverkplace where smelting is done
Romanian topitor, topitoare
  • topitorperson employed to do smelting
  • topitoareperson employed to do smelting
  • topitoaremachine used to smelt metal
  • topitorieplace where smelting is done
Spanish fundidor, fundición
  • fundidorperson employed to do smelting
  • fundiciónplace where smelting is done
  • forjaplace where smelting is done
  • fundería (disused)place where smelting is done
  • herreríaplace where smelting is done
  • ferreríaplace where smelting is done
Tagalog tugnawan
  • tugnawanmachine used to smelt metal
Turkish dökmeci, kalcı
  • dökmeciperson employed to do smelting
  • kalcıperson employed to do smelting

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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