(n) :
(metallurgy) An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
(n) :
(metallurgy) 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.
(n) :
(metallurgy) An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
(n) :
(metallurgy) 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.