noun Download 🔗Share A forge in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air. Examples : "The steel factory used a blast furnace to melt iron ore and create the metal needed for construction. " technology industry machine material process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share As above, but specifically a forge where the fuel and the ore are intermixed. Examples : "The blast furnace at the steel factory mixed the coal and iron ore together to create molten steel. " material technology industry machine fuel Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading