furnace

nounheating mechanism

Synonyms for furnace

noun heating mechanism

Antonyms for furnace

freezer

Word Origin & History

early 13c., from Old French fornaise "oven, furnace" (12c.), from Latin fornacem (nominative fornax) "an oven, kiln," related to fornus, furnus "oven," and to formus "warm," from PIE root *ghwer- "warm" (cf. Greek thermos, Old English wearm; see warm (adj.)).

Example Sentences for furnace

It came from the furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of the times.

I should have thought this weather and the bank behind it furnace enough, mother!

Yet I hold that the true art of my craft lies as much in the furnace as in the brush.

All around and above the furnace, there was total obscurity.

When one drove it was through an air like the breath from the open mouth of a furnace.

The garden palings were pulled up and cast into the furnace.

Four hours passed, during which he watched; and then the furnace was opened.

The cover of the furnace had burst, and the metal began to flow!

The furnace was filled with pieces of brass and bronze, and the fire was lit.

Go bring me th' furnace, and I'll put a fire in it that quick.

furnace

Synonyms for furnace

Antonyms for furnace

fireplace

heater

kiln

furnace

Synonyms for furnace

Antonyms for furnace

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