overfire

Meaning

Adj

Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.

Verb

1. To create too large a fire in a fireplace, furnace, firebox, etc.
2. To fire at a high (or excessively high) temperature.
3. Of a cell or group of cells: to fire excessively.

Hyphenated as

over‧fire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəfaɪə/

Etymology

From over- (prefix meaning ‘above, higher; excessively’) + fire.