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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: fornaise, from Latin fornax

furnace

 noun
     
Related topics: Factories
fur‧nace [countable]
1TIF a large container for a very hot fire, used to produce power, heat, or liquid metal
2 a piece of equipment used to heat a building
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