fornace

English

Noun

fornace (plural fornaces)

1. Obsolete spelling of furnace.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     There placed was a caudron wide and tall
     Upon a mightie fornace, burning whott

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fornācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈna.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: for‧nà‧ce

Noun

fornace f (plural fornaci)

1. kiln, furnace

Related terms

• forno

Anagrams

• canfore

Latin

Noun

fornāce

1. ablative singular of fornāx

Middle English

Noun

fornace

1. Alternative form of forneys