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Smelter vs Smeltery - What's the difference?

smelter | smeltery |

As nouns the difference between smelter and smeltery

is that smelter is a person employed to do smelting while smeltery is a building or place for smelting.

smelter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person employed to do smelting.
    • He works as a smelter .
  • A machine used to smelt metal.
  • :Throw the scrap in the smelter so we can melt it down and reuse it.
  • A place where smelting is done.
  • :We'll take the scrap to the smelter and get some money for it.

    • Anagrams

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    Verb

    (head)

    • smeltery

    English

    Noun

    (smelteries)
  • A building or place for smelting.
    • (Webster 1913)