smelter

English

Etymology

From smelt +‎ -er.

Noun

smelter (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.

   Synonym: smelting works

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

Derived terms

• smelter dust

Translations

person employed to do smelting

• Breton: teuzer -ien m or m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔鑄工／熔铸工 (róngzhùgōng)

• Finnish: sulattaja
• French: métalurgiste
• Greek:

  Ancient: χωνευτής m (khōneutḗs)

• Romanian: topitor (ro) m, topitoare (ro) f
• Spanish: fundidor m
• Turkish: dökmeci (tr)

machine used to smelt metal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔爐／熔炉 (zh) (rónglú)

• Finnish: sulatusuuni (fi)
• Japanese: 溶鉱炉 (ja) (ようこうろ, yōyōro)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smelteovn n

• Romanian: topitoare (ro) f
• Tagalog: tugnawan

place where smelting is done

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔爐／熔炉 (zh) (rónglú), 熔鑄廠／熔铸厂 (róngzhùchǎng), 精鍊廠／精炼厂 (jīngliànchǎng), 冶煉廠／冶炼厂 (yěliànchǎng)

• Finnish: sulatto (fi)
• French: fonderie (fr) f
• Italian: fonderia (it) f
• Japanese: 精錬所 (せいれんしょ, seirensho)
• Maori: whare whakarewa, wheketere whakarewa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smelteverk n

  Nynorsk: smelteverk n

• Romanian: topitorie (ro) f

Anagrams

• resmelt, Tremles, Stemler, melters, remelts

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

smelter

1. present tense of smelte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

smelter

1. present of smelta