transitive verb
Origin: MDu or MLowG smelten, akin to Ger schmelzen < IE *(s)mel-, to crush, grind fine > melt, malt
intransitive verb
transitive verb, intransitive verb
See smelt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb smelt·ed, smelt·ing, smelts smelts verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Dutch
Origin: or Low German smelten
Origin: , from Middle Dutch
Origin: or Middle Low German; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots
.noun pl. smelts smelts or smelt
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots
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