spelter

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noun

zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.

OriginMiddle Dutch speauter →
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Meanings

nounspelter (usually uncountable, plural spelters)

plural spelters

  1. uncountableusuallyzinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
  2. countableuncountableusuallyZinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
  3. countableusuallyAn objet d'art made from zinc.
verbspelter (third-person singular simple present spelters, present participle speltering, simple past and past participle speltered)

present singular third person spelters · participle present speltering · participle past speltered · past speltered

  1. To combine copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.

Origin

  1. Middle Dutchspeauter
  2. Englishspelter

Related to, and perhaps derived from, Middle Dutch speauter. Possibly related to pewter.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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