open-hearth furnace

Definitions of open-hearth furnace
  1. noun
    a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it
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    type of:
    furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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