Definitions for open-hearth

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o′pen-hearth′(adj.)

  1. noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.

    Category: Metallurgy

Origin of open-hearth:

1880–85

Wiktionary

  1. open-hearth(Adjective)

    Describing a reverberatory furnace used to make high-quality steel

  2. open-hearth(Adjective)

    Designating the steel so produced


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