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smelt

[smelt] / smɛlt /
VERB
fuse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blend coalesce combine dissolve integrate melt merge mingle weld
STRONG
agglutinate amalgamate bind cement commingle deliquesce federate flux intermingle join liquefy run solder thaw unite
WEAK
interblend interfuse liquesce run together
Antonyms
STRONGEST
coagulate disconnect divide part separate solidify unmix
VERB
heat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bake boil broil grill ignite melt reheat roast sear steam thaw toast warm
STRONG
bask blaze chafe char enkindle fire flame flush frizzle fry glow incandesce incinerate inflame kindle oxidate oxidize perspire scald scorch seethe singe sun swelter
WEAK
calorify enflame grow hot grow warm raise the temperature set on fire tepefy warm up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
freeze
STRONG
put out
WEAK
cool
VERB
melt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disappear disintegrate evaporate fade heat soften thaw vanish warm
STRONG
cook deliquesce diffuse disperse evanesce flow flux fuse go merge render run
WEAK
pass away waste away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
appear arrive cool freeze
STRONG
divide separate stop
WEAK
coagulate condense fight solidify

Example Sentences

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It was infested with rats and cockroaches, and smelt "nauseating".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wrote that it is concerned about weakened protections for winter-run and spring-run chinook salmon, steelhead trout, delta smelt and longfin smelt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

"The worst part was the water. It smelt like sewage. We drank as little as possible."

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Racing back into the valley, he soon found it: the strange, shuffling thing that smelt so rotten.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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