"athanor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæθənɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæθənɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-uk-athanor.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: athanors [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic التَنُّور (at-tannūr, “the baker’s oven”). The word is a doublet of tandoor. Etymology templates: {{refn|A watercolour from the collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{der|en|ar|تنور|التَنُّور|the baker’s oven}} Arabic التَنُّور (at-tannūr, “the baker’s oven”), {{doublet|en|tandoor|nocap=1}} doublet of tandoor Head templates: {{en-noun}} athanor (plural athanors)
  1. (historical) A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists. Wikipedia link: Bibliothèque nationale de France Tags: historical Categories (topical): Alchemy, Tools Synonyms: philosophical furnace Hypernyms: furnace Translations (furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists): তন্দুর (tondur) (Bengali), atanor [masculine] (Catalan), athanor [masculine] (French), Athanor [masculine] (German), atanor (Hungarian), athanor (Ido), atanor [masculine] (Italian), athanor (Latin), atanor [masculine] (Polish), atanor [masculine] (Portuguese), атанор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), atanor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), athanor [masculine] (Spanish)

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