: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
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Photos show the inside of the main furnace before and after being dismantled.
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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
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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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“Furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/furnace. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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furnace
noun
fur·nace
ˈfər-nəs 
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
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