blast furnace

noun

An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.

“Meronym: tuyeres”

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Meanings

nounblast furnace (plural blast furnaces)

plural blast furnaces

  1. engineeringAn industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.

    Meronym: tuyeres

    2 more examples

    Holonyms: ironworks, steelworks

    Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.

    2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64
    1. engineeringAs above, but specifically such a furnace where the fuel and the ore are intermixed, as for example when coke and iron ore are burned together.

Translations

Basque labe garai
  • labe garaifurnace where iron ore is smelted
Catalan alt forn
  • alt fornfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Chinese Mandarin 高爐 /高炉
  • 高爐 /高炉 (gāolú)furnace where iron ore is smelted
Czech vysoká pec
  • vysoká pecfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Danish højovn
  • højovnfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Esperanto altforno
  • altfornofurnace where iron ore is smelted
Estonian kõrgahi
  • kõrgahifurnace where iron ore is smelted
Finnish masuuni
  • masuunifurnace where iron ore is smelted
French haut fourneau
  • haut fourneaufurnace where iron ore is smelted
German Hochofen
  • Hochofenfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Greek υψικάμινος
  • υψικάμινος (ypsikáminos)furnace where iron ore is smelted
Indonesian tanur tiup
  • tanur tiupfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Irish foirnéis soinneáin
  • foirnéis soinneáinfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Italian altoforno
  • altofornofurnace where iron ore is smelted
Japanese 高炉, 熔鉱炉
  • 高炉 (kōro)furnace where iron ore is smelted
  • 熔鉱炉 (yōkōrō)furnace where iron ore is smelted
Korean 용광로, 고로
  • 용광로 (yonggwangno)furnace where iron ore is smelted
  • 고로 (goro)furnace where iron ore is smelted
Malay relau bagas
  • relau bagasfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Norwegian Bokmål masovn
  • masovnfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Persian کوره بلند
  • کوره بلندfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Polish wielki piec
  • wielki piecfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Portuguese alto-forno, alto forno
  • alto-fornofurnace where iron ore is smelted
  • alto fornofurnace where iron ore is smelted
Romanian furnal
  • furnalfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Russian до́мна
  • до́мна (dómna)furnace where iron ore is smelted
Spanish alto horno
  • alto hornofurnace where iron ore is smelted
Swedish masugn
  • masugnfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Tagalog dagisdising dapugan
  • dagisdising dapuganfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Turkish yüksek fırın
  • yüksek fırınfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Vietnamese lò cao
  • lò caofurnace where iron ore is smelted
Welsh ffwrnais chwyth
  • ffwrnais chwythfurnace where iron ore is smelted
Cite this entry
APA

blast furnace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20furnace

MLA

“blast furnace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20furnace. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blast furnace,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20furnace.

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