SMELTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smelter mean? 

• SMELTER (noun)
  The noun SMELTER has 1 sense:

1. an industrial plant for smelting

  Familiarity information: SMELTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMELTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An industrial plant for smelting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

smelter; smeltery

Hypernyms ("smelter" is a kind of...):

industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)

Derivation:

smelt (extract (metals) by heating)

 Context examples 

Here too dwelt those famous smelters and welders who had made the Bordeaux steel the most trusty upon earth, and could give a temper to lance or to sword which might mean dear life to its owner.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)