smelting

Meanings

• noun

  The process of heating and melting ore in a furnace to extract a base metal or metal concentrate.

  - "The smelting process involves heating iron ore in a blast furnace."
  - "The production of aluminum involves smelting alumina in an electric furnace."

• noun

  The action or industry of smelting.

  - "The smelting industry has a significant impact on the economy."
  - "The smelting process is energy-intensive and produces a lot of greenhouse gases."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with smelting
meltings , feelings , heelings

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Variants

List of all variants of smelting that leads to same result
smelt , smelted , smelting , smelts

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Etymology

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Old English smelan, from smel, molten metal; related to smith

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Trivia

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1. Smelting was a crucial part of the Roman economy, with silver being the primary metal smelted.

2. The first recorded use of the word 'smelting' in English was in 1325.

3. The process of smelting was used to extract gold from ore as early as 2500 BC in Egypt.

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Related Concepts

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1. Blast Furnace: A type of furnace used for smelting iron and steel

2. Reduction: The process of removing oxygen from a substance to produce a simpler form

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Culture

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Smelting has been a crucial part of human history since the Bronze Age, and it has been depicted in various forms of literature, art, and music. The process of smelting is often associated with the industrial revolution and the growth of modern economies.

How to Memorize "smelting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large furnace filled with ore and flames.
   - Visualize the molten metal being poured out of the furnace.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'smelting' with the process of making metal.
   - Think of the industrial revolution when you hear the word 'smelting'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember that 'smelting' starts with an 's' and has the letter 'm' in it, just like'smooth' and 'melt'.
   - Think of the word 'smelting' as 'metal melting'.

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