Definitions for tuyeres

tuyeres tu·yère

Spelling: [twee-yair, too-, tweer; French ty-yer
IPA: /twiˈyɛər, tu-, twɪər; French tüˈyɛr/

Tuyeres is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in tuyeres (eerstuy).

Definitions for tuyeres

noun

  1. an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.

Origin of tuyeres

1665-75; French, derivative of tuyau pipe Germanic

Examples for tuyeres

The steam enters through the tubulure, A, and finds its way around the periphery of a tuyere, D.

The tuyere for a furnace-blast found at Fasagh (see illustration) is another evidence of that skill.

But the principle of the tuyere, where the blast enters the forge, is the same as we blacksmiths have always used.

The harder the air is driven into the fire above the tuyere the more oxygen is furnished and the hotter the fire becomes.

Directly below the tuyere is an opening through which the ashes that drop from the fire may be cleaned out.

Danger of explosion: Coal gases leak into the tuyere when the blast is shut off.

It will be seen that the current of steam can be regulated by moving the tuyere, D, from or toward the eduction orifice.

The air necessary for the combustion is sucked through the interior of the nozzle, H, which is in front of the tuyere.

Word Value for tuyeres
Scrable

9

Words with friends

9

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