blast furnace
nounDefinition of blast furnace
: a furnace in which combustion is forced by a current of air under pressure
especially
: one for the reduction of iron ore
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The man climbed up and down a ladder atop the blast furnace at the old Bethlehem Steel Corp. furnace several times Saturday afternoon before committing to come down with police help. — SFChronicle.com, "News of the Day From Across the Nation, July 14," 13 July 2019 Passing motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians could sometimes see the glow of the blast furnace through the large doors of the sturdy brick and steel buildings. — Shayndi Raice, WSJ, "Activists Try to Stop a Huge Chicago Development Over $1.3 Billion in Tax Incentives," 11 July 2019 Today, Darby’s large blast furnace can be seen at the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "The Entire History of Steel," 9 July 2018 Nearly 4,700 American jobs have been created since the steel and aluminum tariffs went into effect as businesses like U.S. Steel restart blast furnaces for in Illinois, and Century Aluminum reopened an aluminum smelter in Kentucky. — Heather Long, Anchorage Daily News, "Analysis: The first layoffs from Trump's tariffs are here," 26 June 2018 Researchers speculate that those blast furnaces and irregular operations at the steel mills are the sources of the noise. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "This Canadian city is plagued by an obnoxious humming—and it’s getting worse," 20 Feb. 2018 He had been forged in that Argentine Olympic blast furnace, where egos die but competitiveness doesn’t. — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, "Parker ages gracefully, and Spurs benefit," 29 Jan. 2018 Demand for lump—a premium type of ore that can be fed directly into a blast furnace, unlike fines that first need processing—has been particularly strong. — Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, "China’s Cleanup Efforts Create Boom for South African Miner," 4 Aug. 2018 Today, Darby’s large blast furnace can be seen at the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron. — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "The Entire History of Steel," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blast furnace.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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