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Antonyms for furnace

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fur-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr nɪs

Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • It came from the furnace of the Revolution, tempered to the necessities of the times.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • 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

Synonyms for furnace

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