furnacey
furnacey adjective: resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
Adjective
furnacey (comparative more furnacey, superlative most furnacey)
- Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- Once, at least, the philosopher is mistaken: it wasn't the chimney at all; it was the furnacy land-breezes, which, stealing out from Portsmouth, had wrapped us in a sudden fiery embrace.1877, The Literary World: A Review of Current Literature, volume VII
- Life in this great pretzel center is distinguished by the worst television reception enjoyed by any metropolitan American city – not even barring blast-furnacy Pittsburgh, runner-up for ghosts, blizzards, fadeouts and other visual blah.1952 May 22, San Francisco News, page 21
Examples of furnacey in a sentence
- I was born in May (Mother's Day, in fact), and that's about the time of year I like: winter's over, and summer hasn't yet gone into full furnacey swing.2002 March 13, EHursh, “Re: What season(s) do you prefer?”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), message-ID <3C8EF5B6.78F5433@bdexx.com>:
- Admittedly, it's not a very Magma-esque sound. / and it's neither fiery nor furnacey.2005 February 17, Steven Sullivan, “Re: Pazz & Jop poll is out, btw”, in rec.music.progressive (Usenet), message-ID...
- The water stops, but there's still quite a lot of residual heat in the furnacey bit which made the boiler bump and boil for a few seconds after shutdown.2010 December 22, Skipweasel, “Re: Thrice woe.”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.277be9ce5eba144c989d38@news.virginmedia.com>:
- A furnacey smell and uncertain buzzing and whirring sounds.2014 June 19, Megan Abbott, The Fever, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
Forms of furnacey
| comparative | more furnacey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most furnacey |
| alternative form | furnacy |
Origin of furnacey
From furnace + -y.
Questions about furnacey
- What does furnacey mean?
- Furnacey means resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- How do you use furnacey in a sentence?
- I was born in May (Mother's Day, in fact), and that's about the time of year I like: winter's over, and summer hasn't yet gone into full furnacey swing.
- What part of speech is furnacey?
- Furnacey is an adjective.
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