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“Smelt” (verb) is the past and past participle form of the verb word ‘smell’ ~~ smell – smelt/smelled — smelt/smelled ~~ which means ‘to notice or recognise the odour (smell) of a thing or person using one’s nose’,
smell — smelled or smelt
e.g.
He bent over the dining-table and smelt the plates full of roasted chicken and fish.
Her hands smelt of an expensive scent.
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“Smelt” (verb ~~~ smelt – smelted – smelted – smelting ) is ‘to heat/melt ore (rocks that have minerals in it) to a very high degree (melt) in order to get or remove the metal or minerals the ore (rocks) has in it’,
smelting iron ore
e.g.
After being mined, the ore is smelt to obtain metals.
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“Smelt” (noun) is ‘a small fish found in the lakes of North American lakes and in some lakes of northern parts of Europe’,
smelt fish
e.g.
Smelts are food for other fish, such as salmon, bluefish, and some species of water birds.
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