blast furnace
Noun
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Noun
blast furnace (plural blast furnaces)
- a forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
- as above, but specifically a forge where the fuel and the ore are intermixed.
- French: haut fourneau
- German: Hochofen
- Italian: altoforno
- Portuguese: alto-forno, alto forno
- Russian: до́мна
- Spanish: alto horno
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