1.TIFa large container for a very hot fire, used to produce power, heat, or liquidmetal 〔用於産生動力、熱量或用以熔化金屬的〕火爐;熔爐
2.a piece of equipment used to heat a building 〔給建築物供暖的〕鍋爐
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furnace• A furnaceexploded all over him.• But if an application is made to patent a computer-controlled furnace it may well succeed and be granted a patent.• It has a very high viscosity which requires that it be raised to about 250-F to pump and spray into the furnace.• For that matter, where is the furnace?• The whine of the furnacereactionstepped up yet again.