bessemer converter

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   a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process

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Questions about bessemer converter

What does bessemer converter mean?

bessemer converter means "a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process".

Is bessemer converter a common word?

bessemer converter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.