n. | 1. | An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; | ||||||||||||
2. | A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.
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1. | To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. |
Noun | 1. | furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |