furnace

fur·nace  (fûrns)

n.

1. An enclosure in which energy in a nonthermal form is converted to heat, especially such an enclosure in which heat is generated by the combustion of a suitable fuel.

2. An intensely hot place: the furnace of the sun; an attic room that is a furnace in the summer.

3. A severe test or trial: endured the furnace of his friends' blame after the accident.

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[Middle English, from Old French fornais, from Latin fornx, fornc-, oven; see g^wher- in Indo-European roots.]

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furnace

Noun

1. an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to destroy refuse or smelt ores

2. Informal a very hot place [Latin fornax]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. athanor - a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists blast furnace - a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space cremation chamber, crematorium, crematory - a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes cupola - a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting electric furnace - any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current firebox - a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned forge - furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping gas furnace - a furnace that burns gas grate, grating - a frame of iron bars to hold a fire incinerator - a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse) kiln - a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks oil burner, oil furnace - a furnace that burns oil open-hearth furnace - a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it register - a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device reverberatory furnace - a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace tank furnace - furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained

Translations

furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n → horno

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furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n → fourneau m

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furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n (in foundry) → Schmelzofen m;

(in power plant) → Hochofen m

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furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n → fornace f

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furnace

n furnace [ˈfəːnis]

a very hot oven or closed-in fireplace for melting iron ore, making steam for heating etc. oond فُرْن، أتون пещ pec ovn; smelteovn der (Schmelz-)ofen καμίνι, κλίβανος horno sulatusahi, keskkütteahi کوره uuni chaudière כְּבשָׁן भट्टी visoka pec (talionice); pec (centralnog grijanja) kemence peleburan bræðsluofn fornace 炉 용광로, 난방기 krosnis, aukštakrosnė kurtuve relau smeltoven (smelte)ovn; fyr(ings)anlegg piec fornalha cuptor печь; топка vysoká pec peč, kotel peć masugn, smältugn, värmepanna เตาหลอม ocak, kazan, fırın 爐子 горно; піч بھٹی، انگیٹھی lò luyện kim, lò nấu thuỷ tinh 炉子