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reverberatory

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re⋅ver⋅ber⋅a⋅to⋅ry

[ri-vur-ber-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ries.
–adjective
1. characterized or produced by reverberation.
2. noting a furnace, kiln, or the like in which the fuel is not in direct contact with the ore, metal, etc., to be heated, but furnishes a flame that plays over the material, esp. by being deflected downward from the roof.
3. deflected, as flame.
–noun
4. any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.

Origin:
1595–1605; reverberate + -ory 1
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re·ver·ber·a·to·ry   (rĭ-vûr'bər-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  
  1. Produced or operating by reverberation; deflected or diverted, as flame or heat, onto material being treated.

  2. Of, relating to, or being a reverberatory furnace.

n.   pl. re·ver·ber·a·tor·ies
A reverberatory furnace.
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