English Explanatory Dictionary

melter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person or thing that melts.
  2. A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry.
  3. A laborer who operates such a furnace.
  4. A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
  5. Obsolete spelling of milter.

Word forms

melter melters

Etymology

From melt + -er.

Derived words

face-melter
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