: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or for reducing ore)
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When spring and summer roll around, and the valley becomes a furnace, 12,000-foot Mt. Charleston is less than an hour’s drive away and the upper reaches can be 30 degrees cooler.
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
The walls were still radiating heat like a furnace, and in certain places the floor was nearly 400 degrees.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
The walls were still radiating heat like a furnace, and in certain places the floor was nearly 400 degrees.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
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“Furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/furnace. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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furnace
noun
fur·nace
ˈfər-nəs 
: an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
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