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furnace
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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.

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

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.furnacefurnace - 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] nhorno
furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] nfourneau m
furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n (in foundry) → Schmelzofen m;
(in power plant) → Hochofen m
furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] nfornace f

furnace
n furnace [ˈfəːnis]
a very hot oven or closed-in fireplace for melting iron ore, making steam for heating etc. oondفُرْن، أتونпещpecovn; smelteovnder (Schmelz-)ofenκαμίνι, κλίβανοςhornosulatusahi, keskkütteahiکورهuunichaudièreכְּבשָׁןभट्टीvisoka pec (talionice); pec (centralnog grijanja)kemencepeleburanbræðsluofnfornace용광로, 난방기krosnis, aukštakrosnėkurtuverelausmeltoven(smelte)ovn; fyr(ings)anleggpiecfornalhacuptorпечь; топкаvysoká pecpeč, kotelpećmasugn, smältugn, värmepannaเตาหลอมocak, kazan, fırın爐子горно; пічبھٹی، انگیٹھیlò luyện kim, lò nấu thuỷ tinh

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