ladle furnace

noun

A small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.

Meanings

nounladle furnace (plural ladle furnaces)

plural ladle furnaces

  1. A small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.
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