furnace en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈfɜːnɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfɝnɪs/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥nós Proto-Italic *xʷornos Proto-Italic *fornos Latin fornus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ks Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin fornāx Old French fornaisbor. Middle English forneys English furnace Inherited from Middle English forneys, borrowed from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx.
Meanings
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An 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.
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(Canada, US) A device that provides heat for a building.
HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
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(colloquial, figuratively) Any area that is excessively hot.
The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
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(figuratively) A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte, to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce, as it is come to paſſe this daye.
1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Deuteronomye iiij:[20], folio IX, recto:forged in the furnace of fierce competition
For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.
1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Supplement:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| furnaces | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
furnaceman · Furnace Creek · smoke like a furnace · nonfurnace · doré furnace · furnacelike · furnacey · franklinfurnaceite · Rockhill Furnace · Mannheim furnace · microfurnace · Phurnacite · Stetefeldt furnace · induction furnace · furnacer · there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
Hyponyms
philosophical furnace · industrial furnace · semimuffle furnace · regenerative furnace · reverberatory furnace · muffler furnace · electric arc furnace · almond furnace · open hearth furnace · Catalan furnace · athanor · converting furnace · shaft furnace · ladle furnace · almond-furnace · reduction furnace · blast furnace · Pernot furnace · muffle furnace
Translations (120)
hu kemence (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pl piec (device for heating a building) · sv panna (device for heating a building) · fi pätsi (hot area) · cs pec (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · hi भट्ठी (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fa کوره (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · it caldaia (device for heating a building) · cmn 爐子 /炉子 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · cmn 熔爐 /熔炉 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · es asadero (hot area) · ko 노 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · la fornāx (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · cmn 烤爐 /烤炉 (hot area) · fi pannu (device for heating a building) · hu kazán (device for heating a building) · de Ofen (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ja 溶鉱炉 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fr four (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · gv furnish (device for heating a building) · haw kapuahi hoʻomahana hale (device for heating a building) · grc κάμινος (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · mk печка (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · el καμίνι (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · de Heizung (device for heating a building) · es achicharradero (hot area) · gl calefacción (device for heating a building) · it bruciatore (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pl piec (hot area) · uk пе́кло (hot area) · ota كولخان (device for heating a building) · uk піч (device for heating a building) · sk pec (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pl piec (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk горни́ло (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ko 용광로 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · bg фу́рна (hot area) · sv masugn (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk піч (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · de Ofen (device for heating a building) · hu kohó (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk гру́бка (device for heating a building) · nl ketel (device for heating a building) · fi uuni (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · it caldaia (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · tr fırın (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · vi lò (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ga foirnéis (device for heating a building) · xcl բով (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fr chaudière (device for heating a building) · ru то́пка (hot area) · aii ܐܲܬܘܼܢܵܐ (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · be печ (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · sh peć (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · bg пещ (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · la camīnus (device for heating a building) · de Schmelzofen (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · hy հնոց (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fi ahjo (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · sh пећ (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk то́пка (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ru печь (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fi masuuni (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · lij fornâxe (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · grc βαῦνος (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · gl forno (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk го́рно (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · el φούρνος (hot area) · es forno (device for heating a building) · ny ng'anjo (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · he כּוּר (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · yi אויוון (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · dsb kamjeny (device for heating a building) · cmn 爐 /炉 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ca calefacció (device for heating a building) · ru печь (device for heating a building) · ja 炉 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · be то́пка (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · de Hochofen (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · es tostadero (hot area) · fr haut fourneau (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · hu kályha (device for heating a building) · fi uuni (device for heating a building) · got 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · nl oven (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · el καμίνι (hot area) · nl ketel (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ga foirnéis (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · tr yüksek fırın (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · mn пийшин (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pt fornalha (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · tl dapugan (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · vi lò sưởi (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fr fournaise (hot area) · pox pic (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · mi tahunga (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pt forno (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ru то́пка (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · sk vyhňa (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · uk вагра́нка (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · hy քուրա (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · es chicharrera (hot area) · ru до́мна (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · es fragua (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · sv värmepanna (device for heating a building) · fi sulatusuuni (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ja 窯 (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · cmn 火爐 /火炉 (hot area) · el φούρνος (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · pt fornalha (device for heating a building) · it fornace (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · fi lämmitysuuni (device for heating a building) · sl peč (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · es fornalla (device for heating a building) · hi भट्ठा (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ro furnal (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · ru печь (hot area) · ru горн (device for heating in a factory, melting metals, etc) · it bruciatore (device for heating a building) · ru пе́чка (hot area)