"melter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: melters [plural]
Etymology: From melt + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|melt|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From melt + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} melter (plural melters)
  1. A person or thing that melts. Translations (person or thing that melts): Schmelzer [masculine] (German), плави́льщик (plavílʹščik) [masculine, person] (Russian), плави́льник (plavílʹnik) (english: thing) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-melter-en-noun-~wfA6PXo Disambiguation of 'person or thing that melts': 94 1 4 1 1
  2. A furnace used for melting iron in a foundry. Translations (furnace): Schmelzofen [masculine] (German), плави́льная печь (plavílʹnaja pečʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-melter-en-noun-QKb9b2W3 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 11 29 22 16 23 Disambiguation of 'furnace': 2 53 41 2 3
  3. A laborer who operates such a furnace. Translations (laborer): Schmelzer [masculine] (German), Schmelzerin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-melter-en-noun-BS0iXd31 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 9 32 26 27 Disambiguation of 'laborer': 11 2 84 1 2
  4. A variety of peach in which the flesh parts freely from the stone when ripe, also known as a free-stone.
    Sense id: en-melter-en-noun-g1X1FsUY Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 9 32 26 27
  5. Obsolete spelling of milter. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: milter
    Sense id: en-melter-en-noun-mwmsI-se Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 5 16 20 13 46 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 5 15 20 14 46 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 8 14 18 12 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 10 16 20 12 42 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 5 17 22 13 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 27 21 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 8 16 13 56 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 7 17 19 16 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 9 32 26 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 26 22 43 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 7 15 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 11 15 16 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 9 16 15 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: face-melter
Categories (other): Metallurgy Disambiguation of Metallurgy: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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