Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 10 compound words that contain furnace. The most common are listed below. Open furnace in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- blast furnaceAn industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
- Furnace CreekA census-designated place in Inyo County, California, United States.
- Rockhill FurnaceSynonym of Rockhill, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
- muffle furnaceA small electric furnace or kiln, loaded from the front.
- reverberatory furnaceA form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gases, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction).
- electric arc furnaceA furnace that heats material by means of an electric arc.
- blast furnace gasA gaseous, low calorific value by-product of blast furnaces generated when the iron ore is reduced with coke to metallic iron; commonly used as fuel within the steel works in which the gas is generated. The gas consists chiefly of …
- induction furnaceAn electrical device that melts metal using heat generated by electromagnetic induction.
- philosophical furnaceSynonym of athanor: A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
- Mannheim furnaceA large cast iron kiln used in the Mannheim process.
- shaft furnaceA furnace in the form of a vertical cylinder in which hot gas is forced upwards through the contained solids
- reduction furnaceA form of furnace in which an ore is reduced to a metal.
- converting furnaceA furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
- almond furnaceA kind of furnace used in refining to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
- Catalan furnaceBloomery.
- muffler furnaceAlternative form of muffle furnace: A small electric furnace or kiln, loaded from the front.
- regenerative furnaceA furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
- ladle furnaceA small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.
- smoke like a furnaceSynonym of smoke like a chimney (“smoke tobacco frequently”).
- smoked like a furnacesimple past and past participle of smoke like a furnace
- smoking like a furnacepresent participle and gerund of smoke like a furnace
- smokes like a furnacethird-person singular simple present indicative of smoke like a furnace: Synonym of smoke like a chimney (“smoke tobacco frequently”).
- doré furnaceA furnace for refining doré bullion.
- Pernot furnaceA reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, used in making steel.
- semimuffle furnaceA furnace in which the flame does not come into contact with the material being heated but products of the combustion gases do
Compound words 10
- furnacemanOne who operates a furnace in metalworking.
- furnacelikeResembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- microfurnaceA microscale furnace.
- nonfurnaceNot of or pertaining to a furnace.
- PhurnaciteA proprietary brand of smokeless fuel in the form of coal briquettes.
- franklinfurnaceiteA monoclinic-sphenoidal dark brown mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
- furnacelessWithout a furnace.
- furnacerA person employed to operate a furnace.
- furnaceyResembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- furnacemenplural of furnaceman: One who operates a furnace in metalworking.