Underfire

Quick meaning: Underfire is a verb meaning (transitive, intransitive) To heat from below.

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To heat from below.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To intentionally operate a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
2. (intransitive) To burn fuel at less than the desired level, thus not providing heat efficiently.
3. (transitive, ceramics) To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

Example Sentences

You no longer need to underfire your products or guess at their high temperature behavior simply because of lag in furnace technology.

If the burner is underfiring, the nozzle may need to be changed or the pressure at the outlet of the fuel pump may need to be adjusted.

It is generally accepted […] that underfiring of ovens with lean gas (generally blast furnace gas) leads to a greater heat consumption than underfiring with rich gas.

Often home owners select a [wood] stove that is too hot for the space to be heated. Many stove owners compensate by underfiring the stove, which causes poor performance, increased emissions and potential chimney fires by creosote buildup.

Word Forms

• underfires
• underfiring
• underfired

Antonyms for underfire

Common opposites include overfire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underheat, underfeed, underlive, underburn, underoil, suffumigate.

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