furnace
noun
a structure or apparatus in which heat may be generated, as for heating houses, smelting ores, or producing steam.
furnace-like
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a word derived from
furnace.
Example Sentences
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A misfiring and cramping Jannik Sinner admitted Saturday he "got lucky" after dropping a rare set before taming American underdog Eliot Spizzirri in furnace-like heat to make the last 16 at the Australian Open.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
Inside, the Isons’ home likely remained furnace-like well into the night.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
In slippered feet, Herde, 72, briefly sprayed his mobile home with a garden hose against the furnace-like winds before fleeing in his Toyota Corolla.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
But in two previous visits to the South Rim, we had raced through the Arizona desert, thrown open our car doors to a furnace-like summer heat and marveled at the view.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2021
Then came disembarking, unloading kits and all the odd jobs of moving units—which all had to be done in a furnace-like heat by men who had had no food for twenty hours.
From Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years by Robert Stafford Arthur Palmer
