Furnace vs. Oven

Furnacenoun

(UK) An industrial heating device, e.g. for smelting metal or baking ceramics.

Furnacenoun

A device that provides heat for a building; a space heater.

Furnacenoun

(colloquial) Any area that is excessively hot.

Furnacenoun

(figurative) A place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.

Furnaceverb

To heat in a furnace.

Furnaceverb

To exhale like a furnace.

Furnacenoun

An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.

Furnacenoun

A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline.

Furnacenoun

To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace.

Furnacenoun

an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.

Furnace

A furnace, referred to as a heater or boiler in British English, is a heating unit used to heat up an entire building. Furnaces are mostly used as a major component of a central heating system.

Ovennoun

A chamber used for baking or heating.

Ovennoun

A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

Ovennoun

kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting

Oven

An oven is a tool which is used to expose materials to a hot environment. Ovens contain a hollow chamber and provide a means of heating the chamber in a controlled way.