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   furnace

   /ˈfəːnɪs/

   noun

   • 1. an enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals.
   • ▪ an appliance fired by gas or oil in which air or water is heated to be circulated throughout a building in a heating system.
   • ▪ used to describe a very hot place: "her car was a furnace"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French fornais(e), from Latin fornax, fornac-, from fornus ‘oven’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • F

     4

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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