smelter

[ smel-ter ]

/ ˈsmɛl tər /

a person or thing that smelts.

a person who owns or works in a place where ores are smelted.

a place where ores are smelted.

Origin of smelter

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at smelt¹, -er¹

We're going to have an early dinner, and start at one, so we can go through the smelter, after we come up.

In Blue Creek Caon |Anna Chapin Ray
At the first stands the smelter, who with a ladle pours the alloy out of the forehearth into the moulds.

De Re Metallica |Georgius Agricola
A smelter was built below Silver City to treat the ores, hauled there in mule drawn wagons.

The Pinos Altos Story |Dorothy Watson
As we were leaving the smelter he introduced me to the smoke expert of the institution.

The Affable Stranger |Peter McArthur

Calcination of the second matt, or fine metal of the smelter.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure

smelter

/ (ˈsmɛltə) /

a person engaged in smelting

Also called: smeltery (ˈsmɛltərɪ) an industrial plant in which smelting is carried out