Meaning
furnace, kiln
- an industrial oven for baking bricks, ceramics, or smelting metal
- an intensely hot, suffocating place
In a sentence
L'antica fornace produce mattoni fatti a mano fin dall'Ottocento.
The old kiln has been producing handmade bricks since the nineteenth century.
In agosto la mansarda senza aria condizionata diventa una vera fornace.
In August the attic without air conditioning becomes a real furnace.
Hanno spento la fornace prima del turno notturno?
Did they turn off the furnace before the night shift?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| fornace | feminine · singular |
| fornaci | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Often used figuratively in summer to describe an extremely hot room or city.