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Melter vs Helter - What's the difference?

melter | helter |

As nouns the difference between melter and helter

is that melter is a person or thing that melts while helter is an alternative spelling of halter rope, cord, or similar thing that fastens around the neck.

melter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that melts.
  • Specifically'', a furnace used for melting iron in a foundry, ''or a laborer who operates such a furnace.

    • Anagrams

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    helter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (northern England, obsolete)

    • References

    * “ helter]” listed as a fifteenth- and sixteenth-century northern-English spelling variant of “[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50231007 halter, n.''¹]”, listed in the ''[[w:Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary] , second edition (1989) English obsolete forms ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

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