blast furnace en · NOUN
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An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
Meronym: tuyeres
Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks
Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.
2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64:
- An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air. ▸ As above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| blast furnaces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (35)
ko 고로 (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · eo altforno (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · cmn 高爐 /高炉 (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · es alto horno (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ko 용광로 (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · it altoforno (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · eu labe garai (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · nb masovn (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · id tanur tiup (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · da højovn (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · qu wayrachina (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · sv masugn (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · fa کوره بلند (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · cs vysoká pec (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · kk темірлік (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · pl wielki piec (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · pt alto-forno (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · nn masomn (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ru до́мна (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ms relau bagas (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ja 高炉 (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · el υψικάμινος (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · fr haut fourneau (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · de Hochofen (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · et kõrgahi (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ga foirnéis soinneáin (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · vi lò cao (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ka ბრძმედი (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ro furnal (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · pt alto forno (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · kk домна (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · fi masuuni (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · tr yüksek fırın (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · ja 熔鉱炉 (furnace where iron ore is smelted) · tl dagisdising dapugan (furnace where iron ore is smelted)