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SMELTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial plant for smelting
Synonyms:
smelter; smeltery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("smelter" is a kind of...):
industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)
Derivation:
smelt (extract (metals) by heating)