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

reverberatories plural

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

Derived Forms

• semireverberatory
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• reverberatories
  plural

Etymology

Origin of reverberatory

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

Example Sentences

Here the sulphate, if it existed in the alkali, is decomposed by the silicic acid, and the sulphuric acid passes off through the flues of the reverberatory furnace.

From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.

Such furnaces are known by the general name of reverberatory or reverbatory furnaces, also as air or wind furnaces, to distinguish them from those worked with compressed air or blast.

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

It has been attempted in New-Jersey to lessen the expense attending these heats, by performing them in reverberatory furnaces.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

A reverberatory type of gas furnace, shown in fig.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Metallurgical furnaces of the first class are termed crucible, muffle or retort furnaces, and of the second shaft and reverberatory furnaces.

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