English Explanatory Dictionary

smalt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.

Word forms

smalt smalts

Etymology

A borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”). A doublet of smalto.

Synonyms

Dumont's blue eschel
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