BESSEMER CONVERTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Bessemer converter" is a kind of...):

converter; convertor (a device for changing one substance or form or state into another)

Holonyms ("Bessemer converter" is a part of...):

steel factory; steel mill; steel plant; steelworks (a factory where steel is made)

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