furnace
gb/fˈɚnɪs/ us/fˈɚnɪs/
B2
Inglese
~ 6800
kazán, fűtőberendezés, ipari kemence, kemence
SOSTANTIVO
B2
1
kazán
B1
Schema d'uso:
a [gas/oil] furnace heats [a building]
We had to replace the old gas furnace before winter started.
Ki kellett cserélnünk a régi gázkazánt még a tél beállta előtt.
The furnace stopped working last night, and the house was freezing by morning.
A kazán tegnap éjjel leállt, és reggelre jéghideg lett a ház.
Make sure you change the furnace filter at least twice a year.
The furnace is in a small room in the basement.
An electric furnace can be cleaner but more expensive to run than an oil furnace.
Esempi per chi studia
Our furnace keeps the house warm in winter.
Télen a kazán tartja melegen a házat.
The furnace broke, so we called a repair company.
Elromlott a kazán, ezért kihívtunk egy szerelőt.
The furnace is in the basement of the house.
This house has a new gas furnace.
Please check the furnace filter once a month.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse 'furnace' with 'oven'. A furnace heats an entire building, while an oven is for cooking food. Another mistake is saying 'on the furnace' when talking about the device’s location; use 'in the furnace room' or 'next to the furnace', not 'on the furnace'. In British English, 'boiler' is more common than 'furnace' for home heating systems.
Significato
large heater for a building
Collocazioni
gas furnace
|oil furnace
|electric furnace
|furnace filter
|furnace repair
|furnace room
Sinonimi
heater (More general; can be small and portable, while a furnace is a large, built‑in system for the whole building.)
Contrari
air conditioner (An appliance that cools the air in a building, doing the opposite of what a furnace does.)
Temi
home
|technology
|daily life
|environment
|housing
|daily_life
Definizione
A big machine in a building that makes heat to warm rooms, usually using gas, oil, or electricity.
A large, fixed heating unit that burns fuel or uses electricity to heat air or water for warming a house or other building.
C1
TECHNICAL
2
Schema d'uso:
a furnace is used to [smelt/melt/treat] [material]
The iron ore is fed into a blast furnace and heated until it melts.
A vasércet nagyolvasztóba töltik, és addig hevítik, amíg meg nem olvad.
Workers wear protective suits when they open the furnace door.
A munkások védőruhát viselnek, amikor kinyitják a kemence ajtaját.
The company invested in a new electric furnace to reduce emissions.
Glassmakers slowly cool the sheets after they leave the main furnace.
The furnace lining must be replaced regularly due to the extreme temperatures.
Esempi per chi studia
The metal melts inside the furnace.
A fém megolvad a kemencében.
This factory uses a large furnace to make steel.
Ebben a gyárban egy nagy kohót használnak acélgyártáshoz.
Workers stand far from the furnace because it is very hot.
The glass goes into the furnace and becomes soft.
They turned off the furnace at the end of the day.
Errore comune:
Learners may call any very hot factory machine a 'furnace', even when 'kiln' or 'oven' is more accurate. In metallurgy, a 'smelter' or 'blast furnace' is more specific than just 'furnace'.
Significato
high‑temperature industrial chamber
Collocazioni
blast furnace
|industrial furnace
|steel furnace
|glass furnace
|furnace lining
Sinonimi
kiln (Often used for firing ceramics or bricks; some overlap, but 'furnace' is broader and especially common in metal and heavy industry.)
Contrari
cooling chamber (A device or space designed to cool materials down, the opposite temperature function of an industrial furnace.)
Temi
industry
|science
|technology
|work
Definizione
A big closed machine in a factory that makes very high heat to melt or change metal, glass, or other materials.
A large enclosed structure used in industry to generate extremely high temperatures for processes such as smelting metal, making glass, or treating materials.
SOSTANTIVO
C1
3
kemence
B1
Schema d'uso:
feel like a furnace
By midday, the tiny office felt like a furnace.
Délre az apró iroda olyan lett, mint egy kemence.
Without any shade, the stadium turned into a furnace during the game.
Árnyék nélkül a stadion valóságos kemencévé változott a meccs alatt.
The car was a furnace after sitting in the sun all afternoon.
The desert can be a furnace in summer but quite cold at night.
With all the lights and equipment on, the studio quickly became a furnace.
Esempi per chi studia
This room is a furnace in the afternoon.
Délután ez a szoba olyan, mint egy kemence.
The car was a furnace when we got in.
Amikor beszálltunk, az autó olyan volt, mint egy kemence.
In July, the city feels like a furnace.
The kitchen turns into a furnace when we cook.
Her small apartment was a furnace on hot days.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes use 'furnace' too often to mean just 'hot'. Reserve it for places that are extremely hot or uncomfortable, not for normal warm weather.
Significato
extremely hot place or space
Collocazioni
like a furnace
|turned into a furnace
|felt like a furnace
|the room was a furnace
Sinonimi
oven (Used similarly in comparisons ('like an oven'); often sounds a bit more casual than 'furnace'.)
Contrari
icebox (Informal term for a very cold place, contrasting with a 'furnace' as a very hot place.)
Temi
weather
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
|daily_life
Definizione
A place that is very, very hot, so it feels like a big heater or fire.
A place or enclosed space that is extremely hot, often described this way for strong effect or comparison.
Grammatica
Forma base
furnace
IPA
GB/fˈɚnɪs/
US/fˈɚnɪs/
Sillabe e accento
fur - nace (2 sillabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (fur)
Forme flesse
Noun
- Base: furnace
- Plural: furnaces
Famiglia di parole
Espressioni
blast furnace
1/blˈæst fˈɚnɪs/
fixed phrase
technical
tall furnace for smelting iron
A very large, tall furnace in a factory that uses hot air to melt iron ore and make iron.
Esempi
- The steel plant shut down its last blast furnace in 2015.
- Molten iron flows from the bottom of the blast furnace into channels.
electric furnace
1/ɪlˈɛktɹɪk fˈɚnɪs/
fixed phrase
technical
furnace powered by electricity
A furnace that makes heat with electricity instead of gas or oil.
Esempi
- The lab uses an electric furnace to reach very precise temperatures.
- An electric furnace can be cleaner but more expensive to run.
furnace filter
1/fˈɚnɪs fˈɪltɚ/
fixed phrase
air filter for a furnace system
A flat part in the furnace that catches dust and dirt from the air and must be changed regularly.
Esempi
- Change the furnace filter every three months to keep the air clean.
- A dirty furnace filter can make the system work harder and use more energy.
furnace room
1/fˈɚnɪs ɹˈum/
fixed phrase
room that contains a furnace
A small room or space in a building where the furnace is kept.
Esempi
- The leak was traced to a pipe in the furnace room.
- Tenants are not allowed to store items in the furnace room.
gas furnace
1/ɡˈæs fˈɚnɪs/
fixed phrase
home furnace using natural gas
A furnace in a house that burns natural gas to make heat.
Esempi
- They replaced their old oil system with a high‑efficiency gas furnace.
- A technician came to clean the gas furnace before winter.
industrial furnace
1/ɪndˈʌstɹiəl fˈɚnɪs/
fixed phrase
technical
factory furnace for processing materials
A large furnace used in a factory to heat or treat materials like metal or glass.
Esempi
- Proper insulation of an industrial furnace improves energy efficiency.
- The company designs custom industrial furnaces for the automotive sector.
oil furnace
1/ˈɔɪl fˈɚnɪs/
fixed phrase
home furnace using fuel oil
A furnace in a building that burns oil to heat the rooms.
Esempi
- The old farmhouse is still heated by an oil furnace.
- They spend a lot on fuel for the oil furnace each winter.