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The definition of an inferno is hell, or a very hot place with flames.

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An example of an inferno is a huge wood-burning oven.

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See inferno in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. infernos

hell or any place suggesting hell, usually characterized by great heat or flames
that section of Dante's Divine Comedy which describes hell and the sufferings of the damned

Origin: It < L infernus: see infernal

See inferno in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. in·fer·nos

A place or condition suggestive of hell, especially with respect to human suffering or death: the inferno of battle.
A place of fiery heat or destruction.

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Origin: Italian, hell

Origin: , from Late Latin īnfernus; see infernal

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