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blast furnace

DEFINITIONS OF: blast furnace

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n a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air

Type of:
furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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