fur·nace (fûr n s)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 forn x, forn c-, 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]
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| 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 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 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 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 |
Translationsfurnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n →
horno furnace [ˈfəːnɪs] n → fornace f
furnacen furnace [ˈfəːnis]a very hot oven or closed-in fireplace for melting iron ore, making steam for heating etc.
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