American English pronunciation
How to pronounce smelt
IPA transcription: [s'mɛlt]
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[s'mɛlt]
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[s'mɛlt]
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Noun
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small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
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small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
Verb
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inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
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emit an odor
“The soup smells good”
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smell bad
“He rarely washes, and he smells”
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have an element suggestive (of something)
“his speeches smacked of racism”
“this passage smells of plagiarism”
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extract (metals) by heating
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become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
“I sense his hostility”
“i smell trouble”
“smell out corruption”
Usage examples
- It is the only operating smelter chimney left in Utah.
- Smelting involves more than just melting the metal out of its ore.
- The facility contains a smelter, cast house, rod production and deep-water port.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.
- Campbell is a good history of the development of aluminum smelting in the Saguenay.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.
- The attic was dark and smelt of old dust.