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furnacemen

furnacemen is the plural of furnaceman.

Meaning of furnaceman

Noun

furnaceman (plural furnacemen)

  1. One who operates a furnace in metalworking.
    • We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14

Questions about furnacemen

What is furnacemen the plural of?
Furnacemen is the plural of furnaceman.

Words near furnacemen in the dictionary

  1. Furnace Creek
  2. furnaced
  3. furnaceless
  4. furnacelike
  5. furnaceman
  6. furnacemen
  7. furnacer
  8. furnacers
  9. furnaces
  10. furnacey
  11. furnacing

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