Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe. / (obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.

Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.

simple past tense and past participle of smell

To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld.

plural of smelt

simple past tense and past participle of smelt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of smelt

(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

present participle of smelt

plural of smelting