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Pernot furnace

Pernot furnace noun: a reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth (the base, or bed), used in steelmaking.

Noun

Pernot furnace (plural Pernot furnaces)

  1. (historical) A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth (the base, or bed), used in steelmaking.

Forms of Pernot furnace

pluralPernot furnaces

Origin of Pernot furnace

After its inventor, Charles Pernot, a Frenchman from the 19th century.

Questions about Pernot furnace

What does Pernot furnace mean?
Pernot furnace means a reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth (the base, or bed), used in steelmaking.
What part of speech is Pernot furnace?
Pernot furnace is a noun.
What is the plural of Pernot furnace?
The plural of Pernot furnace is Pernot furnaces.

Words near Pernot furnace in the dictionary

  1. Pernod and black
  2. Pernod and blacks
  3. Pernods
  4. pernor
  5. pernors
  6. Pernot furnace
  7. Pernot furnaces
  8. perns
  9. Pernsteiner
  10. Pernsteiners
  11. pernt

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