BLAST FURNACE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("blast furnace" is a kind of...):

furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

Holonyms ("blast furnace" is a part of...):

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

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