smelt vs smelting

smelt

noun
  • Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal. 

  • Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe. 

  • Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production. 

verb
  • To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld. 

smelting

noun
  • The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. 

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