furnace
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furnace¹
- /ˈfɝnɪs/ US
- /ˈfɜːnɪs/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪs
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English forneys, borrowed from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx.
noun furnaces
- An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics. Plans for the next phase include furni capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
- A device that provides heat for a building. HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
- Any area that is excessively hot. The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
- A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. forged in the furnace of fierce competition
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A smithy or whole ironworks.
The furnace at Durham helped keep Washington's army at arms.
Similar: forge
verb furnaces · furnacing · furnaced
- To heat in a furnace.
- To exhale like a furnace.
Furnace²
proper noun
- A surname, variant of Furness.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: kiln, smelter, stove, heater, heating, crucible, fire, boiler, bucket, bonfire, cooker, blaze, heat, burning, reactor, foyer
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noun device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc
| Español | fragua, horno |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 노 no, 용광로 yonggwangno |
| 日本語 | 窯 kama, 溶鉱炉 yōkōro, 炉 ro |
| 中文 | 爐子 /炉子 lúzi, 熔爐 /熔炉 rónglú, 爐 /炉 lú |
| हिन्दी | भट्ठा bhaṭṭhā, भट्ठी bhaṭṭhī |
| Português | forno, fornalha |
| Français | four, haut fourneau |
| Deutsch | Ofen, Hochofen, Schmelzofen |
| Italiano | fornace, bruciatore, caldaia |
| Ελληνικά | καμίνι kamíni, φούρνος foúrnos |
| Română | furnal |
| Русский | печь pečʹ, горн gorn, до́мна dómna, то́пка tópka |
| Tiếng Việt | lò, lò sưởi |
| עברית | כּוּר kur |
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title = {furnace},
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