furnace

Meaning

Noun

1. An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
2. A device that provides heat for a building.
3. (colloquial) 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.

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

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bhukari

bakery

batch

boiler

burners

campaign

crematory

firebox

focus

grill

heat

pile

reactor

stoking

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɝnɪs/

Etymology

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