Meanings
nounshaft furnace (plural shaft furnaces)
plural shaft furnaces
- A furnace in the form of a vertical cylinder in which hot gas is forced upwards through the contained solids
Translations
Finnish kuilu-uuni
- kuilu-uunifurnace
German Schachtofen
- Schachtofenfurnace
Swedish schaktugn
- schaktugnfurnace
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shaft furnace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaft%20furnace
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“shaft furnace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaft%20furnace. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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