English Explanatory Dictionary

furnace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
  2. A device that provides heat for a building.
  3. Any area that is excessively hot.
  4. A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
verb
  1. To heat in a furnace.
  2. To exhale like a furnace.
name
  1. A surname, variant of Furness.

Pronunciation

/ˈfɝnɪs/ /ˈfɜːnɪs/ en-us-furnace.ogg

Word forms

furnace furnaces furnacing furnaced

Etymology

From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.

Derived words

doré furnace franklinfurnaceite Furnace Creek furnacelike furnaceman furnacer furnacey Mannheim furnace microfurnace nonfurnace Phurnacite Rockhill Furnace smoke like a furnace Stetefeldt furnace there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

Translations

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܬܘܼܢܵܐ Armenian: հնոց Armenian: քուրա Old Armenian: բով Belarusian: печ Belarusian: то́пка Bulgarian: пещ Chichewa: ng'anjo Chinese Mandarin: 爐子 /炉子 Chinese Mandarin: 熔爐 /熔炉 Chinese Mandarin: 爐 /炉 Czech: pec Dutch: oven Dutch: ketel Finnish: sulatusuuni Finnish: ahjo Finnish: uuni Finnish: masuuni Finnish: lämmitysuuni Finnish: pannu French: four French: haut fourneau French: chaudière Galician: forno Galician: calefacción German: Ofen German: Hochofen German: Schmelzofen German: Heizung Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 Greek: καμίνι Greek: φούρνος Ancient Greek: κάμινος Ancient Greek: βαῦνος Hebrew: כּוּר Hindi: भट्ठा Hindi: भट्ठी Hungarian: kemence Hungarian: kohó Hungarian: kályha Hungarian: kazán Irish: foirnéis Italian: fornace Italian: bruciatore Italian: caldaia Japanese: 窯 Japanese: 溶鉱炉 Japanese: 炉 Korean: 노 Korean: 용광로 Latin: fornāx Latin: camīnus Ligurian: fornâxe Macedonian: печка Māori: tahunga Mongolian: пийшин Persian: کوره Polabian: pic Polish: piec Portuguese: forno Portuguese: fornalha Romanian: furnal Russian: печь Russian: горн Russian: до́мна Russian: то́пка Serbo-Croatian: пећ Serbo-Croatian: peć Slovak: vyhňa Slovak: pec Slovene: peč Spanish: horno Spanish: caldera Spanish: forno Spanish: fornalla Spanish: fragua Spanish: calefacción Spanish: calefactor Swedish: masugn Swedish: panna Swedish: värmepanna Tagalog: dapugan
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