Definition of Smeltery

1. Noun. An industrial plant for smelting.

Exact synonyms: Smelter
Generic synonyms: Industrial Plant, Plant, Works
Derivative terms: Smelt

Definition of Smeltery

1. n. A house or place for smelting.

Definition of Smeltery

1. Noun. A building or place for smelting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smeltery

1. a place for smelting [n -ERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smeltery

smelling salts
smelling the barn
smellings
smells
smells and bells
smells fishy
smelly
smelt
smelted
smelter
smelter's chills
smelter's fever
smelter's shakes
smelteries
smelters
smeltery (current term)
smeltie
smelting
smeltings
smelts
smerk
smerked
smerking
smerks
smerlin
smerlins
smetana
smeuse
smeuses
smew

Literary usage of Smeltery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Commission Appointed to Investigate the Zinc Resources of by Canada Zinc commission, Walter Renton Ingalls, Philip Argall, Alfred C. Gardé, Alfred Ernest Barlow, Henry Harris, Henry E. Wood (1906)
"THE DESIGN OF A ZINC smeltery. The process of zinc smelting is theoretically one of the simplest of all metallurgical processes. ..."

2. Personal Recollections of Werner Von Siemens by Werner von Siemens (1893)
"When this arrangement, already elaborated in detail theoretically and practically, is ready, there will exist in the distant Caucasus a smeltery, ..."

3. The Metallurgy of the Common Metals, Gold, Silver, Iron (and Steel), Copper by Leonard Strong Austin (1921)
"smeltery AND REFINERY FOR SILVER-LEAD ORES We show in Fig. 280 a general view of a company plant for the treatment of their own ores and base-bullion. ..."

4. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1910)
"Wallaroo and Moonta Copper Mines and smeltery: GW Williams. E. and MJ, 1909, 88, 55. The Wallaroo mines and methods, Moonta mine, concentration, ..."

5. Lead and Zinc in the United States: Comprising an Economic History of the by Walter Renton Ingalls (1908)
"(refineries at Chicago and Aurora, Ill., and smeltery at Leadville, Colo. ... (smeltery at Tacoma, Wash.). In the organization of the American Smelting and ..."

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