Definitions for reverberatory

reverberatory re·ver·ber·a·to·ry

Spelling: [ri-vur-ber-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /rɪˈvɜr bər əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Reverberatory is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in reverberatory (abeeeorrrrtvy).

Definitions for reverberatory

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, especially by being deflected downward from the roof.
  3. deflected, as flame.

noun

  1. any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.

Origin of reverberatory

First recorded in 1595-1605; reverberate + -ory1

Examples for reverberatory

The pens having been dried are placed in other cylinders, and polished by mutual friction, produced by reverberatory motion.

On the small scale this alloy is prepared in crucibles; but for statues and larger works on reverberatory hearths.

Roasted ores may be smelted in reverberatory furnaces (English process), or in blast-furnaces (German or Swedish process).

The operation is carried on in a reverberatory furnace or in a kettle.

The process is effected either in heaps, stalls, shaft furnaces, reverberatory furnaces or muffle furnaces.

The calcination is effected in reverberatory furnaces, or in muffle furnaces, if the sulphur is to be recovered.

At the present time the process is commonly conducted in a reverberatory furnace, similar to that figured in the engraving.

Heat is then applied, the flame and hot air of a reverberatory furnace being made to sweep over the surface of the liquor.

This mixture is placed in a reverberatory furnace, and subjected to a high temperature, while plenty of air is supplied.

It has been attempted in New-Jersey to lessen the expense attending these heats, by performing them in reverberatory furnaces.

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