Collocations for furnace - noun Contents 1. space where glass or metal is heated ADJECTIVE VERB + furnace furnace + VERB 2. (AmE) device to provide heating and hot water in a building ADJECTIVE VERB + furnace furnace + NOUN 1. space where glass or metal is heated ADJECTIVE blazing, fiery, hot, red-hot glass, steel arc, blast Back to top ▲ VERB + furnace stoke fire (esp. BrE) There was enough coal to fire the furnaces. Back to top ▲ furnace + VERB burn The furnaces burned fiercely. Back to top ▲ 2. (AmE) device to provide heating and hot water in a building → See also boiler ADJECTIVE coal, electric, gas, oil Back to top ▲ VERB + furnace install, replace Back to top ▲ furnace + NOUN room Back to top ▲