Furnace

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.

"Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums."

2.NounA device that provides heat for a building.

"HVAC services include furnace maintenance."

3.NounAny area that is excessively hot.

"The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace."

4.NounA place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.

"forged in the furnace of fierce competition"

5.VerbTo heat in a furnace.

6.VerbTo exhale like a furnace.

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