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furnace

48 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. furnace
  2. furnace black
  3. furnace oil
  4. furnace thermal black
  5. air furnace
  6. arc furnace
  7. Arsem furnace
  8. ash furnace
  9. atomic furnace
  10. balling furnace
  11. blast furnace
  12. bustamente furnace
  13. crucible furnace
  14. doré furnace
  15. electric furnace
  16. floor furnace
  17. flowing furnace
  18. heating furnace
  19. hot-air furnace
  20. induction furnace
  21. lamp furnace
  22. McDougall furnace
  23. muffle furnace
  24. osmund furnace
  25. Pernot furnace
  26. pipeless furnace
  27. plumber's furnace
  28. portland blast-furnace slag cement
  29. pot furnace
  30. puddling furnace

fur·nace

noun \ˈfər-nəs\

: one for melting metals

: one for heating a building or apartment

Full Definition of FURNACE

:  an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
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Origin of FURNACE

Middle English furnas, from Anglo-French forneise, from Latin fornac-, fornax; akin to Latin formus warm — more at therm
First Known Use: 13th century

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