Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "furnace" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

basement cellar home house

Capable Of

heat building heat home heat house warm home

Coordinate Terms

heater space heater

Derived Terms

Furnace Creek Mannheim furnace Phurnacite Rockhill Furnace Stetefeldt furnace doré furnace franklinfurnaceite furnacelike furnaceman furnacer furnacey microfurnace nonfurnace smoke like a furnace there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

Context

canada uk us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chamber

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Catalan furnace Pernot furnace almond furnace almond-furnace athanor blast furnace converting furnace electric arc furnace industrial furnace ladle furnace muffle furnace muffler furnace open hearth furnace philosophical furnace reduction furnace regenerative furnace reverberatory furnace semimuffle furnace shaft furnace

Type Of (IsA)

chamber fuel powered device heat source household appliance tangible thing thermal chamber

Related Terms

basement basements big big fire bodies bodies burning boiler boiler heater burner burning ceramics coal coal flames exhale finesse fire flames generator heat heat generator heater heating heating home heating house home home heater home heating hot house huge huge stove industrial metal oil oil burner smelting space heater steelworks stove

Used For

heating things such as pottery

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.