tuyere
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See also: tuyère
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From French tuyère, from Middle French tuyere, from Old French toiere (“pipe-hole”), from tuyau, tueil, tudel (“pipe”), from Frankish *thūta (“pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”), from *þeutaną (“to howl, roar, resound”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”). Cognate with Old Saxon theuta (“pipe, water-channel”), Old High German watardioza (“water-opening”), Old English þēote (“pipe, channel”), Icelandic þjótandi (“the name of an artery”), Icelandic þjóta (“to rush, whistle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /twiːˈ(j)ɛə/, /tuːˈjɛə/, /ˈtwɪə/, /ˈtwaɪə/[1][2][3]
- (General American) IPA(key): /twiˈjɛɹ/, /tuˈjɛɹ/, /ˈtwɪɹ/[4]
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɛə, (Received Pronunciation) -ɪə, (Received Pronunciation) -aɪə, (General American) -ɛɹ, (General American) -ɪɹ
- Hyphenation: tu‧yere
Noun[edit]
tuyere (plural tuyeres)
- A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
- 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21:
- Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fixture through which the blast is delivered into a furnace
References[edit]
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “tuyere”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “tuyere”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “tuyere”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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