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Definition of smelt verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

smelt

verb

NAmE//smɛlt//

smelt somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they smelt

he / she / it smelts

past simple smelted

-ing form smelting

to heat and melt ore (= rock that contains metal) in order to obtain the metal it contains a method of smelting iron

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