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athanor

Syllables: atha·nor/ˈæθənɔː/US/ˈæθənɔɹ/

athanor noun: a furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.

athanor: a furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
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Noun

athanor (plural athanors)

  1. (historical) A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
    • You may also be inſtructed, That when you are diſtilling of Aqua fort. and that the Coals in the Athanor are almoſt gone out (which happens hardly in 10 or 11 hours) then lift up the Cover from the Athanor, make it full again with Coals and cover it, elſe the Fire will go out, and all will be cold...1686, Lazarus Erckern [i.e., Lazarus Ercker], “How Aqua Fortis is to be Distilled in an Iron Jug or Pot”, in John Pettus, transl., Fleta Minor. The Lavvs of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging...
    • The Furnace call'd an Athanor, was invented to keep a conſtant Heat for Fourteen Days, a Month, Twelve Months, or more, as ſome Chymical Operations require, which may be augmented or decreaſed, by opening or ſhutting the Regiſters, as you pleaſe, and according to the Magnitude of the Tower...1703, George Wilson, “The Introduction”, in A Compleat Course of Chymistry. […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for W[illia]m Turner […]; and R. Basset […], →OCLC

athanor meaning in Tamil and Bengali

athanor in Tamil

இரசவாதியின் உலை

athanor in Bengali

furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists
তন্দুর tondur

Examples of athanor in a sentence

  • The athanor furnace was peculiarly adapted to this purpose.1866, [Andrew Ure], “ATHANOR or ACANOR”, in Henry Watts, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences. … In Five...
  • Hence while the Operation of the Mass is in progress, and the fire in the Athanor becomes more intense, an enthusiastic invocation, either astral or audible, should be recited.1972, Israel Regardie, The Tree of Life: A Study in Magic, 1st paperback edition, York Beach, Me.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., published 2000...

Synonyms of athanor

Forms of athanor

pluralathanors

Origin of athanor

From Arabic التَنُّور (at-tannūr, “the baker’s oven”). The word is a doublet of tandoor.

Questions about athanor

What does athanor mean?
Athanor means a furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
What is athanor in Tamil?
Athanor in Tamil is இரசவாதியின் உலை. See Athanor meaning in Tamil.
How do you use athanor in a sentence?
The athanor furnace was peculiarly adapted to this purpose.
What part of speech is athanor?
Athanor is a noun.
How do you pronounce athanor?
Athanor is pronounced /ˈæθənɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of athanor?
The plural of athanor is athanors.

Words near athanor in the dictionary

  1. Athanasius
  2. athanasy
  3. athanatism
  4. Athang
  5. athanogene
  6. athanor
  7. athanors
  8. athans
  9. Athapascan
  10. Athapascans
  11. Athapaskan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: athanor (page history and authors); athanor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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