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VERB (1)

1. cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sinter \Sin"ter\, n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. [1913 Webster] Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter. [1913 Webster] Sintoism Sintu Sinto
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sinter v 1: cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting