Synonyms for smelt
smɛltsmelt

Princeton's WordNet

1. smeltnoun

   small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

2. smeltverb

   small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

3. smeltverb

   extract (metals) by heating

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1. • Fish
   • Produce

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1. smeltverb

   Synonyms:
   fuse (as ore), melt

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1. Joseph Hing:

   As we sailed closer, we started to smell the dead carcasses of livestock that were floating past the ships. When we smelt those, we knew that this disaster was really, really bad.

2. Chris Persic:

   My wife called me from Northland Library and said that her car smelt like it was burning, and was making a weird sound.

3. Peter Moyle:

   Trying to blame fish for a shortage of water just is n’t right and is n’t true, the delta smelt is in decline because the delta is in decline.

4. Josh Billings:

   Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

5. Peter Moyle:

   We have 80 fish species in California, like the delta smelt, that are in trouble, there are other species deserving of protection.