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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fur•nace /ˈfɜrnɪs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a structure or apparatus in which heat is generated, such as for heating houses, melting metals, or producing steam.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fur•nace (fûr′nis),USA pronunciation n., v., -naced, -nac•ing. n. - a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
- a place characterized by intense heat:The volcano was a seething furnace.
- Astronomy(cap.) the constellation Fornax.
v.t. - Metallurgyto heat (a metal piece) in a furnace.
- Latin fornāc- (stem of fornāx kiln, oven), akin to formus warm
- Old French fornais, fournais
- Middle English furneis, furnais 1175–1225
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