Furnace Definition

fûrnĭs
furnaces
noun
An enclosed chamber or structure in which heat is produced, as by burning fuel, for warming a building, reducing ores and metals, etc.
Webster's New World
Any extremely hot place.
Webster's New World
A grueling test or trial.
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A device for heating.
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(figuratively) A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
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verb

To heat in a furnace.

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Other Word Forms of Furnace

Noun

Singular:
furnace
Plural:
furnaces

Origin of Furnace

  • Middle English from Old French fornais from Latin fornāx fornāc- oven gwher- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornax.

    From Wiktionary

Furnace Sentence Examples

  • The furnace is to make iron.

  • It's humiliating to think you'd come to this empty furnace just to get away from me.

  • The Silesian furnace has an oblong hearth sloping from the firebridge to the flue-bridge.

  • Liquation, if not followed by poling, is carried on as a rule in a reverberatory furnace with an oblong, slightly trough-shaped inclined hearth; if the lead is to be poled it is usually melted down in a cast-iron kettle.

  • The lead produced in the reverberatory furnace and the ore-hearth is of a higher grade than that produced in the blast-furnace, as the ores treated are purer and richer, and the reducing action is less powerful.

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Words Starting With

FFUFUR

Words Ending With

ECEACE

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