coke oven

noun

: an oven made usually of refractory brick and blocks and used for carbonization (as of coal) for the production of coke see beehive oven, by-product oven

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“Coke oven.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coke%20oven. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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