furo
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of furo
< Japanese, earlier *fū-ro < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fēnglú a kind of stove
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Come back for a little cognac by the fire and then head to the Bridge House Spa for an amazing soak in the Japanese furo surrounded by cathedral windows looking over the frozen meadows.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
Go for a long hike, then soak in an outdoor Japanese furo tub under tsugi pines.
From Time Magazine Archive
We shot through a furo two thousand feet long and six feet wide.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The trees closing over my head in the Amazon furo made me feel the presence of something beyond myself, an intuition shared by almost everyone who has walked in the woods alone.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Some commentators propose to read il mal furo, the ill thief, supposing Ricciardo to allude to Paganino, but this seems far-fetched.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John
Some furos have existed for centuries, I was told.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
People make shortcuts through narrow tunnels in the vegetation called furos.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
The igarapes and furos or channels, which are infinite in number in this great river delta, are characteristic of the country.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
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