smelt1

 
Pronunciation: /smɛlt/

verb

[with object] (often as noun smelting)
  • extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting: tin smelting
  • extract a metal from (ore) by smelting: the zinc ores are smelted in Swansea

Derivatives

smelter

noun

smeltery

noun (plural smelteries)

Origin:

mid 16th century: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German smelten; related to the verb melt