English dictionary
smelt
/sm/E/lt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
Source: WordNet 3.0
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small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus <i>Osmerus</i> and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
Source: webster1913
verb
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extract (metals) by heating
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to <i>smelt</i> tin.
Source: webster1913