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blast furnace

blast furnace

n.
A furnace in which combustion is intensified by a blast of air, especially a furnace for smelting iron by blowing air through a hot mixture of ore, coke, and flux.
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blast furnace

n
(Metallurgy) a vertical cylindrical furnace for smelting iron, copper, lead, and tin ores. The ore, scrap, solid fuel, and slag-forming materials are fed through the top and a blast of preheated air is forced through the charge from the bottom. Metal and slag are run off from the base
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blast′ fur`nace


n.
a large furnace for smelting iron from ore.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.blast furnace - a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide oresblast furnace - a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air
furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks - a factory where steel is made
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Translations
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blast

(blaːst) noun
1. a strong, sudden stream (of air). a blast of cold air.
2. a loud sound. a blast on the horn.
3. an explosion. the blast from a bomb.
verb
1. to tear (apart etc) by an explosion. The door was blasted off its hinges.
2. (often with out) to come or be sent out, very loudly. Music (was being) blasted out from the radio.
ˈblasting noun
in mining etc, the breaking up of rock etc by explosives.
blast furnace noun
a furnace for melting iron ore using blasts of hot air.
at full blast
at full power, speed etc. He had the radio going at full blast (= as loud as possible).
blast off (of rockets, spacecraft etc) to take off and start to rise ( ˈblast-off) noun
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References in classic literature ?
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A decision on extending the life of the No 4 blast furnace at Port Talbot will not have to be made for at least another 10 years.
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In the experiment, 250 g slag was heated to 1,500[degrees]C in a blast furnace for 3 h.
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But in 1971, an announcement was made that its blast furnace was to close.
Blast furnace slag is a nonmetallic byproduct of iron and steel production.
PUBLIC sector steel giant, SAIL has begun operating its steel production from new state- of- the- art blast furnace at its Rourkela Steel Plant and plans to start another modern blast furnace soon at its IISCO Steel Plant ( ISP) at Burnpur, SAIL chairman CS Verma said.