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Word: Furnace
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French fornais(e), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus ‘oven’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfəːnɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals.
Short Definition:enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures
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