Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reverberatory \Re*ver"ber*a*to*ry\, a.
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation;
reverberative.
[1913 Webster]
Reverberatory furnace. See the Note under Furnace.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reverberatory furnace
n 1: a furnace in which the material that is being treated is
heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof
and walls of the furnace