BLAST FURNACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blast furnace mean? 

• BLAST FURNACE (noun)
  The noun BLAST FURNACE has 1 sense:

1. a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

  Familiarity information: BLAST FURNACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLAST FURNACE (noun)

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Meaning:

A furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("blast furnace" is a kind of...):

furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

Holonyms ("blast furnace" is a part of...):

steel factory; steel mill; steel plant; steelworks (a factory where steel is made)