smelt
Speech parts
1. smelt - Noun
2. smelt - Verb
Derived from smell
Meaning
of Smell
imp. & p. p. of Smell.
Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
A gull; a simpleton.
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Show all synonymsAntonyms
Show all antonymsHypernyms
Hyponyms
Phrases with the word
Derivatives
Anagrams
Examples
Columbia River smelt are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
The blacksmith used the mission's forges (California's first) to smelt and fashion iron into everything from basic tools and hardware (such as nails ) to crosses, gates, hinges, even cannon for mission defense.
“I could say your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” he kindly offers on his profile page.
In popular culture Late Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers ' song "Tiny Fish for Japan" describes commercial fishermen of the Great Lakes who, due to high pollution levels in the water, are no longer permitted to catch anything other than smelt.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in October issued that will affect water operations in the Delta and were three years in the making, as federal officials sought to update analyses of Delta smelt and other impacted fish that were more than a decade old.
As we walked and got closer to the large ditch, which was tunneled under the M-25 roadbed, we saw lots of gas lanterns and 20 or more people dipping smelt.