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1. (n.) furnace
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
2. furnace
a place characterized by intense heat.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME furneis, furnais < OF fornais, fournais < L fornācem, kiln, oven)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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1. (noun) furnace
an enclosed container for producing heat, for example for a house
The furnace is being repaired.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) furnace
an inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc
2. (noun) furnace
a place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline
3. (noun) furnace
to throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace
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Sense: a very hot oven or closed-in fireplace for melting iron ore, making steam for heating etc.
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 Afrikaans: oond |
 Arabic: فُرْن، أتون |
 Bulgarian: пещ |
 Brazilian: fornalha |
 Czech: pec |
 German: der (Schmelz-)ofen |
 Danish: ovn; smelteovn |
 Greek: καμίνι, κλίβανος |
 Spanish: horno |
 Estonian: sulatusahi, keskkütteahi |
 Farsi: کوره |
 Finnish: uuni |
 French: chaudière |
 Hebrew: כְּבשָׁן |
 Hindi: भट्टी |
 Croatian: visoka pec (talionice); p |
 Hungarian: kemence |
 Indonesian: peleburan |
 Icelandic: bræðsluofn |
 Italian: fornace |
 Japanese: 炉 |
 Korean: 노(爐) |
 Lithuanian: krosnis, aukštakrosnė |
 Latvian: kurtuve |
 Malay: relau |
 Dutch: smeltoven |
 Norwegian: (smelte)ovn; fyr(ings)anl |
 Polish: piec |
 Persian: کوره |
 Pashto: كوره، داښ، تنور |
 Portuguese: fornalha |
 Romanian: cuptor |
 Russian: печь; топка |
 Slovak: vysoká pec |
 Slovenian: peč, kotel |
 Serbian: peć |
 Swedish: masugn, smältugn, värmepa |
 Thai: เตาหลอม |
 Turkish: ocak, kazan, fırın |
 Taiwanese: 爐子 |
 Ukrainian: горно; піч |
 Urdu: بھٹی، انگیٹھی |
 Vietnamese: lò luyện kim, lò nấu thuỷ |
 Chinese: 炉子 |
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