furnace

Meaning

Noun

1. An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
2. (Canada, US) A device that provides heat for a building.
3. (colloquial, figuratively) Any area that is excessively hot.
4. (figuratively) 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.

Synonyms

oven

stove

kiln

fireplace

forge

heater

hearth

heating

incinerator

crematorium

oast

cook

🧑‍🍳

prepare

cooker

gas stove

Vesta

campaign length

campaign life

fire side

charge composition age

fire chamber

bukhari

I

bhukari

bakery

batch

boiler

burners

campaign

crematory

firebox

focus

grill

heat

pile

reactor

stoking

Translations

four

horno

Ofen

fourneau

fornace

oven

forno

φούρνος

Schmelzofen

forno

kachel

forn

caminus

καμίνι

Hochofen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɝnɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forneys

Cognate with French: fournaise

In summary

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