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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[s'mɛlt]

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Noun

  • small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

  • small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

Verb

  • inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

  • emit an odor

    “The soup smells good”

  • smell bad

    “He rarely washes, and he smells”

  • have an element suggestive (of something)

    “his speeches smacked of racism”

    “this passage smells of plagiarism”

  • extract (metals) by heating

  • 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.