| furnace | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| ~ athanor | a furnace that feeds itself so as to maintain a uniform temperature; used by alchemists. |
| ~ blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air. |
| ~ chamber | a natural or artificial enclosed space. |
| ~ cremation chamber, crematorium, crematory | a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes. |
| ~ cupola | a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting. |
| ~ electric furnace | any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current. |
| ~ firebox | a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned. |
| ~ forge | furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping. |
| ~ gas furnace | a furnace that burns gas. |
| ~ grate, grating | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire. |
| ~ incinerator | a furnace for incinerating (especially to dispose of refuse). |
| ~ kiln | a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks. |
| ~ oil burner, oil furnace | a furnace that burns oil. |
| ~ open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it. |
| ~ register | a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device. |
| ~ reverberatory furnace | 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. |
| ~ tank furnace | furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained. |
| kiln | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. kiln | a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks. |
| ~ brickkiln | a kiln for making bricks. |
| ~ dry kiln | a kiln for drying and seasoning lumber. |
| ~ furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.. |
| ~ limekiln | a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime. |
| ~ muffle | a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. |
| ~ oast | a kiln for drying hops. |
| oven | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. oven | kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting. |
| ~ broiler | an oven or part of a stove used for broiling. |
| ~ dutch oven | an oven consisting of a metal box for cooking in front of a fire. |
| ~ gas oven | a domestic oven fueled by gas. |
| ~ kitchen appliance | a home appliance used in preparing food. |
| ~ rotisserie | an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns. |
| ~ tandoor | a clay oven used in northern India and Pakistan. |
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