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BLAST FURNACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blast furnace mean?
• BLAST FURNACE (noun)
The noun BLAST FURNACE has 1 sense:
1. a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
Familiarity information: BLAST FURNACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blast furnace" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
Holonyms ("blast furnace" is a part of...):
steel factory; steel mill; steel plant; steelworks (a factory where steel is made)
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