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TANK FURNACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tank furnace mean?
• TANK FURNACE (noun)
The noun TANK FURNACE has 1 sense:
1. furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained
Familiarity information: TANK FURNACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tank furnace" is a kind of...):
furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)
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