coke oven

American  

noun

1. an oven for the conversion of coal into coke by heating the coal in the absence of air so as to distill the volatile ingredients.

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Etymology

Origin of coke oven

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The lawsuit also cited repeated breakdowns at the Clairton plant, including one in 2019 in which the company reported a release of 525,000 pounds of coke oven gas from a pressure release valve.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

The tower sits near the South Bank coke oven battery on the former Redcar SSI steelworks site, which closed in 2015 with the loss of thousands of jobs.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2021

A blacksmith's shed had been added in the course of time, and a brick coke oven.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

The simplest form of coke oven, and probably that still most largely used, is the so-called “beehive oven.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

As I passed Nick, he said, "Which would you rather do, Jack, work on the coke oven or go to church?"

From Into the Jaws of Death by O'Brien, Jack