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    BLAST FURNACE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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