furnace

Roget category 386

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#386. Furnace

noun

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^†.

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