Definitions

1. noun

A device in which fuel is burned to produce high temperatures, used for heating, melting, or reducing materials.

“The factory used a large furnace to melt steel for the production of car parts.”

2. noun

A part of a car’s engine where fuel is burned to produce power.

“The car’s furnace was malfunctioning, causing it to stall on the highway.”

3. verb

To heat or melt something in a furnace.

“The metal was furnace-brazed to create a strong bond.”

4. verb

To heat or burn something intensely.

“The manager’s fiery outburst furnace-blasted the entire team.”

5. verb

To shape or mold metal by heating and hammering it.

“The blacksmith furnace-hammered the hot metal into a sword.”