furnace

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English forneys, from Old French fornais (French fournaise), from Latin fornāx. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝnɪs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːnɪs/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪs === Noun === furnace (plural furnaces) An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics. (US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building. Coordinate terms: heater, space heater (colloquial, figurative) Any area that is excessively hot. (figurative) A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === furnace (third-person singular simple present furnaces, present participle furnacing, simple past and past participle furnaced) To heat in a furnace. To exhale like a furnace. === Anagrams === Fraunce