» furnace
Noun (1 meaning)
furnace is a type of:
- chamber (noun) - a natural or artificial enclosed space
types of furnace:
- athanor (noun) - a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature
- blast furnace (noun) - a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores
- crematory, crematorium, cremation chamber (noun) - a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
- cupola (noun) - a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting
- electric furnace (noun) - any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
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- firebox (noun) - a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned
- forge (noun) - furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
- gas furnace (noun) - a furnace that burns gas
- incinerator (noun) - a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse)
- kiln (noun) - a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
- oil burner, oil furnace (noun) - a furnace that burns oil
- open-hearth furnace (noun) - a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it
- reverberatory furnace (noun) - a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
- tank furnace (noun) - furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained
parts of furnace:
- grate, grating (noun) - a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- register (noun) - a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device