blast furnace

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === blast furnace (plural blast furnaces) (metallurgy) An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air. Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks Meronym: tuyeres (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====