noun🔗ShareFour à réverbèreA form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gasses, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction)"The nineteenth-century copper mine used a reverberatory furnace to extract pure metal from the ore without directly exposing it to the burning coal. "La mine de cuivre du XIXe siècle utilisait un four à réverbère pour extraire le métal pur du minerai sans l'exposer directement au charbon en combustion.materialtechnologyindustrymachinefuelchemistryphysicsscienceenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading