From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfurnacefur‧nace /ˈfɜːnɪs $ ˈfɜːr-/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 TIFa large container for a very hot fire, used to produce power, heat, or liquid metal2 a piece of equipment used to heat a building
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furnace• A furnace exploded all over him.• But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent.• It has a very high viscosity which requires that it be raised to about 250-F to pump and spray into the furnace.• For that matter, where is the furnace?• The whine of the furnace reaction stepped up yet again.Origin furnace (1200-1300) Old French fornaise, from Latin fornax 