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Blast furnace
Meaning
Noun
●
In Metallurgy:
An
industrial
furnace
in which
ore
is
smelted
to
metal
, the process being
intensified
by a
blast
of
hot
air.
●
In 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.
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