Collocations for "furnace"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "furnace" in context.
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furnace
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- install a new furnace
- we need a new furnace
- need to have the furnace [checked, repaired, replaced]
- replace the furnace
- the furnace stopped working
- throw [coal, wood] into the furnace
- still uses an old [coal] furnace
- the furnace is [glowing, blazing] hot
- a new electric furnace
- a portable furnace for [road trips, vacations, camping]
- the [house's, building's] furnace
- a furnace for central heating
- a [gas, oil, coal, wood] furnace
- [gas] for the furnace
- a (hot) blast (came) from the furnace
- the furnace let out a (hot) blast
- the [glassblower's, potter's, blacksmith's] furnace
- placed the [glass, iron, metal] in the furnace
- [keep, stand] away from the furnace!
- [melted, shaped, molded] in the furnace
- was like a [seething, smoldering] furnace
- furnace [gas, oil]
- furnace repair
- a furnace repairman
- in the furnace room
'furnace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):