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open-hearth

o·pen-hearth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [oh-puh n hahrth]
    • /ˈoʊ pən hɑrθ/
    • /ˈəʊpən hɑːθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-puh n hahrth]
    • /ˈoʊ pən hɑrθ/

Definitions of open-hearth word

  • adjective open-hearth noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process. 1
  • adjective open-hearth designating a furnace with a wide, saucer-shaped hearth and a low roof, used in making steel 0
  • adjective open-hearth using a furnace of this kind 0
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Origin of open-hearth

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Open-hearth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Open-hearth

open-hearth popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Related words

  • open-hearth process

    a process of steelmaking in which the charge is laid in a furnace (open-hearth furnace) on a shallow hearth and heated directly by burning gas as well as radiatively by the furnace walls.

  • fettle

    state; condition: in fine fettle.

  • ingot iron

    an iron of high purity made by a basic open-hearth process.

  • peel

    to strip (something) of its skin, rind, bark, etc.: to peel an orange.

  • recarburize

    to add carbon to (steel), as in an open-hearth furnace, as by adding pig iron.
All related words to open-hearth

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