furnace
An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
Example
“Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.”
Other meanings
A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
“forged in the furnace of fierce competition”
A device that provides heat for a building.
“HVAC services include furnace maintenance.”
A kind of
- chamber
Kinds of furnace
- blast furnace
- gas furnace
- kiln
- oil burner
- tank furnace
- glass furnace
- shaft furnace
Related words
- franklinfurnaceite
- furnacelike
- furnaceman
- furnacer
- furnacey
- Mannheim furnace
- microfurnace
- nonfurnace
- Furnace Creek
- Phurnacite
- Rockhill Furnace
- induction furnace
Word history
From Latin "fornāx".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “furnace” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.