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Blast furnace

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  1. 1
    An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.

    "Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks"

  2. 2
    a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air wordnet
  3. 3
    An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.; 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.

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