smelt

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /'smɛlt/

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Verb

Plain form smell

Third-person singular smells

Past tense smelled

Past participle smelled

Present participle smelling

Plain form smell

Third-person singular smells

Past tense smelt

Past participle smelt

Present participle smelling

1. The past tense and past participle of smell.

Noun

Singular smelt

Plural smelts

1. (countable) A smelt is a small fish of the family Osmeridae. It is usually found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

Verb

Plain form smelt

Third-person singular smelts

Past tense smelted

Past participle smelted

Present participle smelting

1. If you smelt something, you fuse or melt two or more different things into one.