furnace
US /ˈfɜ:rnɪs/
・UK /ˈfɜ:nɪs/
B2
noun
- Container with hot fire for melting metal, etc.
- A chamber used for cremation.
- A place or situation of intense heat or pressure.
- An enclosed structure designed to heat materials to very high temperatures.
- An enclosed structure used for heating materials to very high temperatures.
- A heating appliance, especially one used in the past.
- An industrial structure for smelting metals or producing other materials at high temperatures.