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re•ver•ber•a•to•ry

Pronunciation: (ri-vûr'bur-u-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]
—adj., n., pl. -ries.

—adj.
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.

—n.
any device, as a furnace, embodying reverberation.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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