blast furnace meaning
ENWBlast furnace
- A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron, but also others such as lead or copper.
- In a blast furnace, fuel, ore, and flux (limestone) are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace,
- In contrast, air furnaces (such as reverberatory furnaces) are naturally aspirated, usually by the convection of hot gases in a chimney flue.
- NounPLblast furnacesSUF-ace
- a forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
- as above, but specifically a forge where the fuel and the ore are intermixed.
- a forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
Definition of blast furnace in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "blast furnace" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.