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REVERBERATORY FURNACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reverberatory furnace mean?
• REVERBERATORY FURNACE (noun)
The noun REVERBERATORY FURNACE has 1 sense:
1. a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
Familiarity information: REVERBERATORY FURNACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REVERBERATORY FURNACE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("reverberatory furnace" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
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