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blast furnace

noun

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  1. An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by…

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

    • Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks
    • Meronym: tuyeres
    • Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.

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