small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
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.
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
extract (metals) by heating
simple past tense and past participle of smell
to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld
The word smelt comes from the Old English term of the same name. It has been used in English since before the Middle English period.