Furnace Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Furnace

boiler
(approximate definition) A fuel burning apparatus in which water is boiled to produce steam for space heating, power generation, or industrial processes.(more precisely) An apparatus in which a heat source other than a hot liquid or steam (most commonly burning fuel, exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or gas turbine, waste heat from a process, solar energy or electricity) is used to boil water (rarely another liquid), under pressure to provide steam (other gas) for use as a heat source in calorifiers, heat exchangers or heat emitters, or for use directly for humidification, in an industrial process, or to power steam turbines.
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stove
The definition of a stove is a device that uses wood, electricity or gas for heating a room, or for cooking.
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electric furnace
A furnace heated to high temperatures by an electric current, used in smelting, melting metals, steel making, manufacturing carbides, etc.
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forge
A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
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reverberatory
A reverberatory furnace.
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smithy
The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works, a forge.
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incinerator
A person or thing that incinerates; esp., a furnace or other device for incinerating trash
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brickkiln
A kiln in which bricks are baked.
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heater
An apparatus that heats or provides heat.
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hot-air furnace
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steam furnace
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hot-water furnace
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oil-burner
A machine that uses oil as its fuel.
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gas furnace
A furnace that burns gas as fuel
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annealing furnace
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reduction-furnace
A form of furnace in which an ore is reduced to a metal
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open-hearth furnace
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basic oxygen furnace
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oven
A chamber or enclosed compartment for heating, baking, or roasting food, as in a stove, or for firing, baking, hardening, or drying objects, as in a kiln.
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bof
Birds of a feather (group of people with common interests from the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together").
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Antonyms for Furnace

freezer
The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).
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Words Related to Furnace

furnaces
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kiln
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blast-furnace
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charcoal-fired
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coke-fired
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smelt
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coal
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tuyere
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chimney
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Furnace Sentence Examples

  • The furnace is to make iron.

  • It's humiliating to think you'd come to this empty furnace just to get away from me.

  • The Silesian furnace has an oblong hearth sloping from the firebridge to the flue-bridge.

  • Liquation, if not followed by poling, is carried on as a rule in a reverberatory furnace with an oblong, slightly trough-shaped inclined hearth; if the lead is to be poled it is usually melted down in a cast-iron kettle.

  • The lead produced in the reverberatory furnace and the ore-hearth is of a higher grade than that produced in the blast-furnace, as the ores treated are purer and richer, and the reducing action is less powerful.

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