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Noun: open-hearth furnace
  1. 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
    "The steel mill used open-hearth furnaces before switching to more modern methods"

Derived forms: open-hearth furnaces

Type of: furnace, oven

Encyclopedia: Open-hearth furnace