blast furnace
noun
: a furnace in which combustion is forced by a current of air under pressure
especially
: one for the reduction of iron ore
Examples of blast furnace in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The closure of the last blast furnace at Port Talbot, once the largest steel works in Europe, was the culmination of decades of decline in Britain's steel industry, which has struggled to compete with low-cost imports.
—
Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
The Third Realm puts us instead in Tove’s head, a blast furnace of creative fury and intrusive hallucinations that compete with her family for her attention.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Tata plans to replace the blast furnace, which runs on the coal derivative coke, with a cleaner electric furnace that will emit less carbon and require fewer workers.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Another chapter in Britain’s carbon-burning industrial heritage ends Monday with the closure of the last blast furnace at one of the world’s biggest steelworks, in Port Talbot, Wales.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for blast furnace 
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of
Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback
about these examples.
Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
The Third Realm puts us instead in Tove’s head, a blast furnace of creative fury and intrusive hallucinations that compete with her family for her attention.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Tata plans to replace the blast furnace, which runs on the coal derivative coke, with a cleaner electric furnace that will emit less carbon and require fewer workers.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
Another chapter in Britain’s carbon-burning industrial heritage ends Monday with the closure of the last blast furnace at one of the world’s biggest steelworks, in Port Talbot, Wales.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for blast furnace
Dictionary Entries Near blast furnace
Cite this Entry
“Blast furnace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blast%20furnace. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share