tuyere
Syllables: tu·yere/twiːˈ(j)ɛə/US/twiˈjɛɹ/
tuyere noun: a nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.
Noun
tuyere (plural tuyeres)
- A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
- Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21
- Synonyms:
- tue-iron, twire-pipe
Synonyms of tuyere
Forms of tuyere
| plural | tuyeres |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tuyère |
| alternative form | twyer |
| alternative form | twyere |
| alternative form | twier |
| alternative form | tweer |
| alternative form | twire |
Origin of tuyere
From French tuyère, from Middle French tuyere, from Old French toiere (“pipe-hole”), from tuyau, tueil, tudel (“pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).
Words that rhyme with tuyere
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- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about tuyere
- What does tuyere mean?
- Tuyere means a nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge.
- What part of speech is tuyere?
- Tuyere is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tuyere?
- Tuyere is pronounced /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tuyere?
- The plural of tuyere is tuyeres.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tuyere (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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