spelter
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to, and perhaps derived from, Middle Dutch speauter. Possibly related to pewter.
NounEdit
spelter (usually uncountable, plural spelters)
- (uncountable) zinc, often in blocks or ingot form.
- (uncountable, countable) Zinc alloyed with another metal (especially copper), used as a solder.
- (countable) An objet d'art made from zinc.
VerbEdit
spelter (third-person singular simple present spelters, present participle speltering, simple past and past participle speltered)
- To combine copper and metallic zinc to form an alloy.