BLASTFURNACE

Blast 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.

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blast furnace

Noun

  1. a forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
  2. as above, but specifically a forge where the fuel and the ore are intermixed.


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