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Noun: reverberatory furnace
  1. A furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace
    "The copper smelting plant used a reverberatory furnace to process the ore"

Derived forms: reverberatory furnaces

Type of: furnace, oven

Encyclopedia: Reverberatory furnace