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furnace
noun
[ ˈfəːnɪs ]
• an enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fornais(e ), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus ‘oven’.
