furnace
noun
- an enclosed chamber or structure in which heat is produced, as by burning fuel, for warming a building, reducing ores and metals, etc.
- any extremely hot place
- a grueling test or trial
See furnace in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(fûrˈnĭs)
noun- An enclosure in which energy in a nonthermal form is converted to heat, especially such an enclosure in which heat is generated by the combustion of a suitable fuel.
- An intensely hot place: the furnace of the sun; an attic room that is a furnace in the summer.
- A severe test or trial: endured the furnace of his friends' blame after the accident.
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