An enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc..

Roget 384: increase of temperature; heating etc. v.; calefaction^†, tepefaction^†, torrefaction^†; melting, fusion; liquefaction etc. 335; burning etc. v.; ambustion^†, combustion; incension^†, accension^†; concremation^†, cremation; scorification^†; cautery, cauterization; ustulation^†, calcination; cracking, refining; incineration, cineration^†; carbonization; cupellation [Chem].    ignition, inflammation, adustion^†, flagration^†; deflagration, conflagration; empyrosis^†, incendiarism; arson; auto dafe [Fr.].    boiling etc. v.; coction^†, ebullition, estuation^†, elixation^†, decoction; ebullioscope^†; geyser; distillation (vaporization) 336.    furnace etc. 386; blanket, flannel, fur; wadding etc. (lining) 224; clothing etc. 225.    still; refinery; fractionating column, fractionating tower, cracking tower.    match etc. (fuel) 388; incendiary; petroleuse [Fr.]; [biological effects resembling the effects of heat] [substances causing a burning sensation and damage on skin or tissue] cauterizer^†; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem^†, moxa^†; acid, aqua fortis [Lat.], aqua regia; catheretic^†, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium.    sunstroke, coup de soleil [Fr.]; insolation.    [artifacts requiring heat in their manufacture] pottery, ceramics, crockery, porcelain, china; earthenware, stoneware; pot, mug, terra cotta [Sp.], brick, clinker.    [products of combustion] cinder, ash, scoriae, embers, soot; slag.    [products of heating organic materials] coke, carbon, charcoal; wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil; gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel) 388; wax, paraffin; residue, tar.    inflammability, combustibility.    [Transmission of heat] diathermancy^†, transcalency^†, conduction; convection; radiation, radiant heat; heat conductivity, conductivity.    [effects of heat 2] thermal expansion; coefficient of expansion.    ... show more

Roget 386: furnace, stove, kiln, oven; cracker; hearth, focus, combustion chamber; athanor^†, hypocaust^†, reverberatory; volcano; forge, fiery furnace; limekiln; Dutch oven; tuyere, brasier^†, salamander, heater, warming pan; boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot; urn, kettle; chafing-dish; retort, crucible, alembic, still; waffle irons; muffle furnace, induction furnace; electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat.    [steel-making furnace] open-hearth furnace.    fireplace, gas fireplace; coal fire, wood fire; fire-dog, fire-irons; grate, range, kitchener; caboose, camboose^†; poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet; andiron, gridiron; ashdrop; frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog.    [area near a fireplace] hearth, inglenook.    [residential heating methods] oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove; wood-burning stove; central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump; solar heat, convective heat.    hothouse, bakehouse^†, washhouse^†; laundry; conservatory; sudatory^†; Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath; vaporarium^†.    ... show more

Roget 691: workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business; manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory; cabinet, studio; office, branch office bureau, atelier.    [specific types of workplace: list], hive, hive of industry; nursery; hothouse, hotbed; kitchen; mint, forge, loom; dock, dockyard; alveary^†; armory; laboratory, lab, research institute; refinery; cannery; power plant; beauty parlor; beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery^†, usine^†, slip, yard, wharf; foundry, foundery^†; furnace; vineyard; crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix.    ... show more

Dutch: ketel, oven
Polish: piec przemysłowy, piec