: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
Examples of furnace in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPhotos show the inside of the main furnace before and after being dismantled.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024 Heat pump sales are already outpacing the sale of gas furnaces in the US.—Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for furnace
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English furnas, from Anglo-French forneise, from Latin fornac-, fornax; akin to Latin formus warm — more at therm
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