blast furnace

English Thesaurus

1. a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores; combustion is intensified by a blast of air (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	furnace,
definition	:	an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	steel factory, steel mill, steel plant, steelworks,
definition	:	a factory where steel is made (noun.artifact)