"blast furnace" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blast furnaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blast furnace (plural blast furnaces)
  1. (metallurgy) An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air. Categories (topical): Metallurgy Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks Meronyms: tuyeres Derived forms: blast furnace gas Coordinate_terms: metallurgical furnace § Smelting furnaces
    Sense id: en-blast_furnace-en-noun-4Fu-TFRE Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (metallurgy) As above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together. Categories (topical): Metallurgy Translations (furnace where iron ore is smelted): labe garai (Basque), 高爐 (Chinese Mandarin), 高炉 (gāolú) (Chinese Mandarin), vysoká pec [feminine] (Czech), højovn [common-gender] (Danish), altforno (Esperanto), kõrgahi (Estonian), masuuni (Finnish), haut fourneau [masculine] (French), ბრძმედი (brʒmedi) (Georgian), Hochofen [masculine] (German), υψικάμινος (ypsikáminos) [feminine] (Greek), tanur tiup (Indonesian), foirnéis soinneáin [feminine] (Irish), altoforno [masculine] (Italian), 高炉 (kōro) (alt: こうろ) (Japanese), 熔鉱炉 (yōkōrō) (Japanese), темірлік (temırlık) (Kazakh), домна (domna) (Kazakh), 용광로 (yonggwangno) (alt: 鎔鑛爐) (Korean), 고로 (goro) (alt: 高爐) (Korean), relau bagas (Malay), masovn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), masomn [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کوره بلند (Persian), wielki piec [masculine] (Polish), alto-forno [masculine] (Portuguese), alto forno [masculine] (Portuguese), wayrachina (Quechua), furnal [neuter] (Romanian), до́мна (dómna) [feminine] (Russian), alto horno (Spanish), masugn [common-gender] (Swedish), dagisdising dapugan (Tagalog), lò cao (alt: 爐高) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-blast_furnace-en-noun-aKliU5j9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'furnace where iron ore is smelted': 36 64

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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alto forno"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "word": "wayrachina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "furnal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dómna",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́мна"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "word": "alto horno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "masugn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "word": "dagisdising dapugan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "爐高",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "furnace where iron ore is smelted",
      "word": "lò cao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blast furnace"
}

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