Synonyms for furnace
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fur-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for furnace Other synonyms for the word furnace
Définition of furnace
Origin :- early 13c., from Old French fornaise "oven, furnace" (12c.), from Latin fornacem (nominative fornax) "an oven, kiln," related to fornus, furnus "oven," and to formus "warm," from PIE root *ghwer- "warm" (cf. Greek thermos, Old English wearm; see warm (adj.)).
- noun heating mechanism
- It came from the furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of the times.
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- I should have thought this weather and the bank behind it furnace enough, mother!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Yet I hold that the true art of my craft lies as much in the furnace as in the brush.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- All around and above the furnace, there was total obscurity.
- Extract from : « Sketches from Memory » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- When one drove it was through an air like the breath from the open mouth of a furnace.
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- The garden palings were pulled up and cast into the furnace.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Four hours passed, during which he watched; and then the furnace was opened.
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- The cover of the furnace had burst, and the metal began to flow!
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- The furnace was filled with pieces of brass and bronze, and the fire was lit.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Go bring me th' furnace, and I'll put a fire in it that quick.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
Antonyms for furnace
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