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furnace

furnace /ˈfɚnəs/ noun
plural furnaces
furnace
/ˈfɚnəs/
noun
plural furnaces
Learner's definition of FURNACE
[count]
: an enclosed container in which heat is produced燃烧室;加热炉: such as
: one for melting metals熔炉
see also blast furnace
chiefly US : one for heating a building or apartment(楼房或公寓的)暖气炉,锅炉
called also (chiefly British) boiler
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10035 COCA: 9102

furnace

noun

fur·​nace ˈfər-nəs How to pronounce furnace (audio)
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This system is designed to cool the entire home by forcing cool air through the ducts of the home and out through vents, similar to the way a furnace pushes heated air through ducts and out through vents to heat the home during colder months. Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2022 On May 25, the building burned to the ground because of an overheated furnace. Evan Casey, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2022 That would have required an industrial furnace, plus some way of transporting the molten material. Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022 For instance, a steel mill owned by ArcelorMittal on Hamburg’s busy harbor in Germany has for years used natural gas to extract the iron that then goes into its electric furnace. New York Times, 30 July 2022 For now, anyway, the team appears to be galvanized by its own furnace of freak-dom. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 21 July 2022 When just 89 out of 692 hospitals met minimum standards, the regents of the college descended to the basement of the hotel where they were gathered and flung the pages into the furnace. Michael L. Millenson And J. Matthew Austin, STAT, 24 May 2022 Bryan’s head was never found, and police theorized the perpetrators had disposed of it in the furnace at their dental school. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022 Investigators said in 2009 that the incestuous killer burned his son's body in a furnace. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English furnas, from Anglo-French forneise, from Latin fornac-, fornax; akin to Latin formus warm — more at therm

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of furnace was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10035 COCA: 9102
furnace

noun¹

1space where glass or metal is heated熔爐ADJECTIVE | VERB + FURNACE | FURNACE + VERB ADJECTIVEblazing, fiery, hot, red-hot烈火熊熊的熔爐;燒得正旺的火爐;熾熱的熔爐glass, steel玻璃熔爐;煉鋼爐arc, blast電弧爐;高爐VERB + FURNACEstoke給爐子加燃料fire (especially BrE) 給爐子點火There was enough coal to fire the furnaces.煤足夠爐子燒的。FURNACE + VERBburn爐火燃燒The furnaces burned fiercely.這些爐子燒得正旺。
furnace

noun²

2 (NAmE) device to provide heating and hot water in a building為建築物供熱的設備 see also boiler ADJECTIVE | VERB + FURNACE | FURNACE + NOUN ADJECTIVEcoal, electric, gas, oil燒煤的鍋爐;電爐;燃氣爐;燃油鍋爐VERB + FURNACEinstall, replace安裝/更換鍋爐FURNACE + NOUNroom鍋爐房

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