Definitions for smelt
smɛltsmelt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smeltnoun

   small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

2. smeltverb

   small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

3. smeltverb

   extract (metals) by heating

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smeltnoun

   A small sea fish.

   Etymology: smelt , Saxon.

   Of round fish there are brit, sprat, barn, smelts. Carew.

2. Smeltthe preterite and participle pass. of smell.

3. To Smeltverb

   To melt oar, so as to extract the metal.

   Etymology: smalta, Islandick; smelten, Dutch.

   A sort of earth, of a dusky red colour, found chiefly in iron mines. Some of this earth contains as much iron as to render it worth smelting. John Woodward.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smelt

   of Smell

2. Smelt

   imp. & p. p. of Smell

3. Smeltnoun

   any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste

4. Smeltnoun

   a gull; a simpleton

5. Smeltverb

   to melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin

6. Etymology: [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. smlta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. . Cf. Enamel, Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smelt

   smelt, n. a fish of the salmon or trout family, having a cucumber-like smell and a delicious flavour. [A.S. smelt.]

2. Smelt

   smelt, v.t. to melt ore in order to separate the metal.—ns. Smel′ter; Smel′tery, a place for smelting; Smel′ting; Smel′ting-fur′nace, -house, -works. [Scand., Sw. smälta, to smelt.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smelt

   [Anglo-Saxon, smylt]. The fry of salmon, samlet, or Salmo eperlanus.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SMELT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Smelt is ranked #126018 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Smelt surname appeared 136 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Smelt.
   
   97% or 132 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Fish
   • Produce

How to pronounce smelt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say smelt in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of smelt in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of smelt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of smelt in a Sentence

1. Josh Billings:

   Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

2. Peter Moyle:

   Trying to blame fish for a shortage of water just is n’t right and is n’t true, the delta smelt is in decline because the delta is in decline.

3. Chris Persic:

   My wife called me from Northland Library and said that her car smelt like it was burning, and was making a weird sound.

4. Joseph Hing:

   As we sailed closer, we started to smell the dead carcasses of livestock that were floating past the ships. When we smelt those, we knew that this disaster was really, really bad.

5. Peter Moyle:

   We have 80 fish species in California, like the delta smelt, that are in trouble, there are other species deserving of protection.

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