furnace
noun
fur·nace
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Definition of furnace
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
Examples of furnace in a Sentence
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Here, a high-performing Carrier Infinity gas furnace has three separate heating and cooling zones, and an on-demand Noritz tankless water heater uses energy only when needed. — oregonlive.com, "2019 Street of Dreams: A new farmhouse with his and her sheds rises in Wilsonville," 1 Aug. 2019 But when Angelenos flip a light switch or charge an electric vehicle, some of the energy may come from Intermountain, where coal is burned in a raging furnace at the foot of the 710-foot smokestack. — Los Angeles Times, "Los Angeles is finally ditching coal — and replacing it with another polluting fuel," 16 July 2019 Or, if the buyer discovers that the furnace is broken and neither he nor the seller is willing to pay for it, the house may be available again. — Anet Tarpoff, The Mercury News, "Sponsored: Think you are not quite ready to buy? Prepare yourself anyway," 3 July 2019 After police ordered him out from behind the furnace, Salinas came out and was arrested, court records state. — Michelle L. Quinn, Post-Tribune, "Police: Boyfriend charged in Hammond domestic incident," 11 June 2019 The Minnesota company is buying more sorting equipment and adding a furnace to melt more scrap. — Bob Tita, WSJ, "Aluminum Scrap Abounds Thanks to Tariffs," 16 Jan. 2019 Living in a 1,600-square-foot townhouse, Shipp, an Alabama Power customer, said his home uses air conditioning in summer, and a gas furnace in winter. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "How do Alabama’s utility bills compare to other states?," 29 July 2019 At the upper limit, absolute hot is a theoretical furnace where the laws of physics melt away. — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, "What Does Absolute Zero Mean?," 30 June 2019 For about three billion years, that proto-Milky Way slowly and quietly made more suns, grabbing onto gas and igniting infant nuclear furnaces. — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "Found: Oldest known stars in our galaxy," 22 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'furnace.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for furnace
furnace
noun
English Language Learners Definition of furnace
: one for melting metals
chiefly US
: one for heating a building or apartment
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furnace
noun
fur·nace
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Kids Definition of furnace
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
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