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Meaning of Smelting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

Equivalents

العربية الصهر
Bosanski kal плавка
Català fosa
Čeština tavení
Deutsch Abschmelzung Schmelzen Verhüttung
Español copelación fundición
Suomi pelkistyssulatus sulattaminen sulatus
Français fonderie fonte
Hrvatski kal плавка
日本語 冶 溶化
한국어 제련
Kurdî kal kal
Македонски претопување топење
Nederlands smelten wegsmelten
Português fundição
Русский плавка
Српски kal плавка
Svenska smältning
Tagalog magluto
Türkçe kal

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

smelting works Smelts Smeltz Smeltzer Smenyak smerd

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