ELECTRIC FURNACE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electric furnace" is a kind of...):

furnace (an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electric furnace"):

electric-arc furnace; Stassano furnace (an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel)