furnace
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx.
Inflected forms:
form: furnaces
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: furnaces
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: furnacing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: furnaced
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: furnaced
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
pos: noun
examples: Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
gloss: A device that provides heat for a building.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
US
examples: HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
gloss: Any area that is excessively hot.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
figuratively
examples: The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
gloss: A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: forged in the furnace of fierce competition
For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte, to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce, as it is come to paſſe this daye.
For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.
gloss: To heat in a furnace.
pos: verb
gloss: To exhale like a furnace.
pos: verb
Derived words: doré furnace
franklinfurnaceite
Furnace Creek
furnacelike
furnaceman
furnacer
furnacey
induction furnace
Mannheim furnace
microfurnace
nonfurnace
Phurnacite
Rockhill Furnace
smoke like a furnace
Stetefeldt furnace
there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
Translations:
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܲܬܘܼܢܵܐ
roman: āttuna
lang: Armenian
word: հնոց
roman: hnocʻ
lang: Armenian
word: քուրա
roman: kʻura
lang: Old Armenian
word: բով
roman: bov
lang: Belarusian
word: печ
roman: pječ
lang: Belarusian
word: то́пка
roman: tópka
lang: Bulgarian
word: пещ
roman: pešt
lang: Chichewa
word: ng'anjo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爐子 /炉子
roman: lúzi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 熔爐 /熔炉
roman: rónglú
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爐 /炉
roman: lú
lang: Czech
word: pec
lang: Dutch
word: oven
lang: Dutch
word: ketel
lang: Finnish
word: sulatusuuni
lang: Finnish
word: ahjo
lang: Finnish
word: uuni
lang: Finnish
word: masuuni
lang: French
word: four
lang: French
word: haut fourneau
lang: Galician
word: forno
lang: German
word: Ofen
lang: German
word: Hochofen
lang: German
word: Schmelzofen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃
roman: auhns
lang: Greek
word: καμίνι
roman: kamíni
lang: Greek
word: φούρνος
roman: foúrnos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κάμινος
roman: káminos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: βαῦνος
roman: baûnos
lang: Hebrew
word: כּוּר
roman: kur
lang: Hindi
word: भट्ठा
roman: bhaṭṭhā
lang: Hindi
word: भट्ठी
roman: bhaṭṭhī
lang: Hungarian
word: kemence
lang: Hungarian
word: kohó
lang: Irish
word: foirnéis
lang: Italian
word: fornace
lang: Italian
word: bruciatore
lang: Italian
word: caldaia
lang: Japanese
word: 窯
roman: kama
lang: Japanese
word: 溶鉱炉
roman: yōkōro
lang: Japanese
word: 炉
roman: ro
lang: Korean
word: 노
roman: no
lang: Korean
word: 용광로
roman: yonggwangno
lang: Latin
word: fornāx
lang: Ligurian
word: fornâxe
lang: Macedonian
word: печка
roman: pečka
lang: Māori
word: tahunga
lang: Mongolian
word: пийшин
roman: piišin
lang: Persian
word: کوره
roman: kure
lang: Polabian
word: pic
lang: Polish
word: piec
lang: Portuguese
word: forno
lang: Portuguese
word: fornalha
lang: Romanian
word: furnal
lang: Russian
word: печь
roman: pečʹ
lang: Russian
word: горн
roman: gorn
lang: Russian
word: до́мна
roman: dómna
lang: Russian
word: то́пка
roman: tópka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пећ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: peć
lang: Slovak
word: vyhňa
lang: Slovak
word: pec
lang: Slovene
word: peč
lang: Spanish
word: horno
lang: Spanish
word: caldera
lang: Spanish
word: forno
lang: Spanish
word: fornalla
lang: Spanish
word: fragua
lang: Swedish
word: masugn
lang: Tagalog
word: dapugan
lang: Turkish
word: fırın
lang: Turkish
word: yüksek fırın
lang: Ukrainian
word: піч
roman: pič
lang: Ukrainian
word: то́пка
roman: tópka
lang: Ukrainian
word: го́рно
roman: hórno
lang: Ukrainian
word: горни́ло
roman: hornýlo
lang: Ukrainian
word: вагра́нка
roman: vahránka
lang: Vietnamese
word: lò
lang: Vietnamese
word: lò sưởi
lang: Yiddish
word: אויוון
roman: oyvn
lang: Catalan
word: calefacció
lang: Dutch
word: ketel
lang: Finnish
word: uuni
lang: Finnish
word: lämmitysuuni
lang: Finnish
word: pannu
lang: French
word: chaudière
lang: Galician
word: calefacción
lang: German
word: Ofen
lang: German
word: Heizung
lang: Hawaiian
word: kapuahi hoʻomahana hale
lang: Hungarian
word: kályha
lang: Hungarian
word: kazán
lang: Irish
word: foirnéis
lang: Italian
word: caldaia
lang: Italian
word: bruciatore
lang: Latin
word: camīnus
lang: Manx
word: furnish
lang: Polish
word: piec
lang: Portuguese
word: fornalha
lang: Russian
word: печь
roman: pečʹ
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: kamjeny
lang: Spanish
word: calefacción
lang: Spanish
word: calefactor
lang: Spanish
word: caldera
lang: Swedish
word: panna
lang: Swedish
word: värmepanna
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كولخان
roman: külhan
lang: Ukrainian
word: піч
roman: pič
lang: Ukrainian
word: гру́бка
roman: hrúbka