reverberatory

American  

[ri-vur-ber-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / rɪˈvɜr bər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. characterized or produced by reverberation.

2. noting a furnace, kiln, or the like in which the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore, metal, etc., to be heated, but furnishes a flame that plays over the material, especially by being deflected downward from the roof.

3. deflected, as flame.

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noun

plural

reverberatories

1. any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.

reverberatory British  

/ rɪˈvɜːbərətərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

1. characterized by, utilizing, or produced by reverberation

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noun

1. short for reverberatory furnace

Other Word Forms

• semireverberatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of reverberatory

First recorded in 1595–1605; reverberate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The crushings are then roasted in the ordinary way in a reverberatory furnace and the whole of the roastings are passed through the machine we have just described.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 by Various

That from the first blow contains between 1% and 2% of copper, and is usually poured from ladles operated by an electric crane into a reverberatory, or into the settling well of the cupola.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

The calcination, or roasting, is conducted at a low temperature in some form of reverberatory furnace.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

This is especially necessary in the case of reverberatory furnaces, which are essentially weak structures, and therefore require to be bound together by complicated systems of tie rods and uprights or buck staves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The bicarbonate was placed in a reverberatory furnace, where the heat drove off the water and one equivalent of carbonic acid, leaving the alkali as monocarbonate.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various