English Explanatory Dictionary

almond furnace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of furnace used in refining to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.

Word forms

almond furnace almond furnaces almond-furnace

Etymology

Probably a corruption of Almain furnace (“German furnace”).

Synonyms

sweep
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