coke oven
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noun
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.
Nearby words
coitus, coitus interruptus, coitus reservatus, cojones, coke, coke oven, coke, sir edward, coked-up, cokehead, coker, cokernut
Origin of coke oven
First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for coke oven
Some descriptions of gas-tar indeed differ very much more than coke-oven tar from pure coal-tar, viz.
The old form of coke-oven was called the bee-hive on account of its shape.
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