underfiring.
Intentional operation of a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
Meaning & usage
Intentional operation of a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
The state of not burning fuel at the desired level, and thus not providing heat efficiently.
Heating from below.
The state of being insufficiently fired or underfired.
Where this word comes from
From under- (prefix meaning ‘beneath; insufficient’) + firing, or underfire + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action).
present participle and gerund of underfire
Where this word comes from
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