The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMELT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Refine metal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMELT | 100 % | 5 |
Why may SMELT be the right solution?
"Refine metal" is a clue that indicates the process of extracting pure metal from its ore. "Smelt" is the right answer because it means to extract metal from its ore by heating and melting it.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Refine metal
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- reverberate
- cupel
- fine
- fines
- flux
- ore
- refiner
- test
- tested
Crossword Answer definitions
SMELT noun- Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
- A fool; a simpleton.
- To sense a smell or smells.
- Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
- To exercise sagacity.
- To detect or perceive; often with out.
- To give heed to.
- Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
- Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
- To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld
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