furnace
An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
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April was an atrocious month. I've been sick, my wife's been sick, my kids have been sick - multiple times. The furnace needed repairs. And so on. Now my luck may finally have turned. I walked into a menswear store o…
Trion 3 Pack Pleated Air Filter, Air Bear MERV 11 for HVAC/Furnace, 20x25x5 in. #airpurifier #MERV11 #Trion #HVAC
Funny enough, Being commissioned by big Commissioner make me feel more like a steam machine conductor "Add more boobs to the furnace!"
by Akoma Pet Products | 400w Dog House Furnace with 10-Foot Cord | Installs in Minutes | Safe - Dry Heat | Won't Burn Pets #winter #dryheat #dogheater #safeheat #petsafety #heating
So I had the name Furnace on my account for a while, on a male forsaken rogue with red eyes and an iron jaw. And the other day, I had the epiphany that it would be perfect for a dark iron. Duh. So meet Fern "Furnace"…
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An industrial heating device, such as for smelting metal or firing ceramics.
Plans for the next phase include furnaces capable of inert atmospheres and partial vacuums.
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(colloquial, figurative) Any area that is excessively hot.
The busy kitchen became a sweltering furnace.
“April was an atrocious month. I've been sick, my wife's been sick, my kids have been sick - multiple times. The furnace needed repairs. And so on. Now my luck may finally have turned. I walked into a menswear store on a whim as I was passing by and found an amazing bargain!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trion 3 Pack Pleated Air Filter, Air Bear MERV 11 for HVAC/Furnace, 20x25x5 in. #airpurifier #MERV11 #Trion #HVAC”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Funny enough, Being commissioned by big Commissioner make me feel more like a steam machine conductor "Add more boobs to the furnace!"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“by Akoma Pet Products | 400w Dog House Furnace with 10-Foot Cord | Installs in Minutes | Safe - Dry Heat | Won't Burn Pets #winter #dryheat #dogheater #safeheat #petsafety #heating”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So I had the name Furnace on my account for a while, on a male forsaken rogue with red eyes and an iron jaw. And the other day, I had the epiphany that it would be perfect for a dark iron. Duh. So meet Fern "Furnace" Blackhelm the dark iron dwarf paladin”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.
HVAC services include furnace maintenance.
“my 30x36x2 geothermal furnace filters are no joke”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh cool. This looks like the blast furnace where I worked in a small bronze foundry. :)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Three Hebrews Cast into the Fiery Furnace https://www.wikiart.org/en/limbourg-brothers/the-three-hebrews-cast-into-the-fiery-furnace”
— Bluesky· May 2026“See you when then genocidal and criminal regime of Israel is sentenced for war crimes that you refuse to acknowledge. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. - Matthew 13:50”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Just remembered a time when working a traveling industrial furnace repair job. One of the masons came up from TN for a job. I noticed and L-shaped bone on his key chain. I asked what it was and he replied, "What, ain't you ever seen a coon dick? It's a good luck charm."”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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