glass furnace
- noun
- Specialized
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- The artisans carefully removed their finished pieces from the glass furnace, the heat still radiating from the opening.
Examples
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MOLTEN GLASS FURNACE
Academic text (1995) -
The glass furnace in the factory melts raw materials to create beautiful glass products.
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During the glassmaking process, workers must monitor the temperature of the glass furnace closely.
Synonyms
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A basement room that has a furnace to heat the building
A large oven that melts raw materials so liquid glass comes out the other end
A large oven with several pots for melting glass
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Morphology
The meaning 'a furnace for melting and processing glass' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'glass' (the material) with 'furnace' (an enclosed space for heating). This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Glass furnace is a name for a big furnace that melts sand and other materials into liquid glass. Imagine a bright, glowing pool of molten glass in a hot room; that picture explains why it means 'a furnace for melting and processing glass'.