Smelt — synonyms, definition

1. smelt (Verb)

reeked refine sensed smacked smelt out

smelt (Verb) — Extract (metals) by heating.

smelt (Verb) — Inhale the odour of; perceive by the olfactory sense.

smelt (Verb) — Emit an odour. ex. "The soup smells good"

smelt (Verb) — Have a bad odour. ex. "He rarely washes, and he smells"

smelt (Verb) — Have an element suggestive (of something). ex. "this passage smells of plagiarism"

smelt (Verb) — Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. ex. "i smell trouble" ex. "smell out corruption"

caused to be perceived comprehended create evoked make painted a picture perceived produce suggested got a noseful got a whiff hummed nosed reeked saluted scented sniffed snuffed snuffled stank whiffed winded smell up

2. smelt (Noun)

smelt (Noun) — Small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water.

smelt (Noun) — Small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters.

fish malacopterygian soft-finned fish American smelt European smelt Osmerus eperlanus Osmerus mordax capelan capelin caplin rainbow smelt sparling Osmeridae family Osmeridae