noun
1 space where glass or metal is heated
ADJECTIVE
▪ blazing , fiery , hot , red-hot
▪ glass , steel
▪ arc , blast
VERB + FURNACE
▪ stoke
▪ fire ( esp. BrE )
▪
There was enough coal to fire the ~s.
FURNACE + VERB
▪ burn
▪
The ~s burned fiercely.
2 ( AmE ) device to provide heating and hot water in a building ⇨ See also ↑ boiler
ADJECTIVE
▪ coal , electric , gas , oil
VERB + FURNACE
▪ install , replace
FURNACE + NOUN
▪ room