# blast furnace

> English word · Noun

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

## Source
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