furnace

chaudière, générateur d’air chaud

Appareil qui produit de la chaleur pour chauffer un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : A machine that produces heat to warm a building.

• The furnace heats our house.
• We had the furnace repaired before winter.
• A dirty furnace filter can reduce airflow.

Synonymes : heater

Expressions courantes : gas furnace, furnace filter, replace a furnace

four, fourneau

Appareil produisant une chaleur très forte pour faire fondre du métal ou cuire des objets en argile.

En anglais simple : A machine that produces very high heat to melt metal or bake clay objects.

• The furnace melts metal.
• Workers fed iron ore into the furnace.
• The factory installed two electric furnaces last year.

Synonymes : industrial oven

Expressions courantes : blast furnace, industrial furnace, electric furnace

fournaise

Lieu où il fait une chaleur écrasante, comme dans un four.

En anglais simple : A place that feels extremely hot.

• This room is a furnace.
• By noon, the kitchen had become a furnace.
• Without air conditioning, our office felt like a furnace.

Synonymes : oven

Expressions courantes : a real furnace, like a furnace

épreuve, creuset

Situation ou période de grande souffrance ou difficulté qui met une personne à l’épreuve.

En anglais simple : A situation or period of great suffering or difficulty that tests someone.

• Their friendship survived the furnace of war.
• The furnace of hardship tested her courage.
• He emerged stronger from the furnace of public criticism.

Comment l'utiliser : furnace of something (Their resolve was strengthened in the furnace of adversity.)

Synonymes : ordeal, trial

Expressions courantes : furnace of war, furnace of suffering, furnace of adversity