Smelting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
"Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of smelt form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Ships loaded with raw materials go to other nations for the complex process of refining or smelting."