smelted
past simple and past participle ofsmelt
smelt
verb
UKuk/smelt/us/smelt/past simple and past participle ofsmell
Smells & smelling
- -smelling
- acrid
- anosmic
- aromatic
- beery
- bergamot
- deodorize
- deodorizing
- fragranced
- fragrant
- odourless
- putrid
- ripeness
- scented
- smellsomewhereout
- smellscape
- sniff
- sniffsomething/someoneout
- stink
- waft
smelt
verb[T]
uk/smelt/us/smelt/to get ametalfromrockbyheatingit to a very hightemperature, or tomeltobjectsmade frommetalinorderto use themetalto make something new
Industrial processing
- canning
- cast
- cutting room
- desalinate
- desalination
- die-cast
- fluoridate
- mould
- nurdle
- plastic
- preserve
- process
- processing
- raw material
- refine
- refinement
- smelt
- smelting
- tan
- work
Examplesofsmelted
smelted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The brazier is filled with small lumps that may represent ore in the process of beingsmeltedbut could also be charcoal to heat the metal until it liquefied.
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The duty does not apply to thesmeltedtin.
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He took a furnace and an axle belonging to his employer,smeltedit down and sold it back as ore.
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The same applied to the sellers who mined andsmeltedthe copper.
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The differential duty applies only to tin-ore, not tosmeltedtin, which is the raw material required by industry in general.
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Smeltedtin is practically pure, stows most economically and requires no packing.
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It wassmeltedthere because the oak forests were used in the process.
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The concentrates will, of course, require to be first roasted and thensmelted, in order to produce spelter which is required by the galvanising and brass industries.
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When zinc is beingsmeltedthe temperature is exceptionally high, and the men employed are not only inhaling the dust but the gases thrown off during the process of smelting.
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Alternatively the ore can besmeltedin a triangular crucible, and then have lead mixed with it when it is added to the cupel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hesmeltedthe copper ore, designed and engraved the dies, and struck the tokens himself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then it must be roasted to convert sulfides to oxides, which aresmeltedto produce matte.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bauxite is refined into alumina, which is latersmeltedinto aluminium.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Raw material went in at one end, wassmeltedinto brass and was turned into pans, pins, wire, and other goods.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Since lead ores contain significant concentrations of silver, thesmeltedmetal also is commonly contaminated with silver.
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- extramural
- extraneous
- extraneous detail
- extraneous noise
- extraneous variable
- extranet
- extraocular
- extraordinaire
- extraordinarily
- extraordinary
- extraordinary ability
- extraordinary achievement
- extraordinary amount
- extraordinary beauty
- extraordinary circumstance
- extraordinary coincidence
- extraordinary collection
- extraordinary collection
- extraordinary complexity
- extraordinary complexity
- extraordinary contribution
- extraordinary courage
- extraordinary diversity
- extraordinary dividend
- extraordinary-dividend