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ATHANOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does athanor mean?
• ATHANOR (noun)
The noun ATHANOR has 1 sense:
1. a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists
Familiarity information: ATHANOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("athanor" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
Domain category:
alchemy (a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times)
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