Bessemer converter

noun

A large industrial retort vessel used to make steel by the Bessemer process.

Meanings

nounBessemer converter (plural Bessemer converters)

plural Bessemer converters

  1. A large industrial retort vessel used to make steel by the Bessemer process.
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