| environ. |
oven; stove; oven An enclosed heated compartment usually lined with a refractory material used for drying substances, firing ceramics, heat-treating, etc.; furnace A structure or apparatus in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, often to warm houses, melt metals, produce steam and bake pottery; stove A chamber within which a fuel-air mixture is burned to provide heat, the heat itself being radiated outward from the chamber; used for space heating, process-fluid heating, and steel blast furnaces |
