kiln

American  

[kil, kiln] / kɪl, kɪln /

noun

1. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.

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verb (used with object)

1. to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.

kiln British  

/ kɪln /

noun

1. a large oven for burning, drying, or processing something, such as porcelain or bricks

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verb

1. (tr) to fire or process in a kiln

Other Word Forms

• unkilned adjective

Etymology

Origin of kiln

before 900; Middle English kiln ( e ), Old English cylen < Latin culīna kitchen

Example Sentences

Its lab, with a row of bikes parked inside the front door, hums quietly with workers in protective gear moving between beakers, kilns and mineral samples being tested for durability and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Conch and Huawei have developed AI tools for more precisely predicting clinker strength, as well as for controlling energy use at the kiln where it is made.

From The Wall Street Journal

The house is wrapped in clinker brick, a term for when clay bricks are set too close to the flames when being fired in a kiln, giving them distorted shapes and colors.

From Los Angeles Times

After this, the wood goes into a large kiln where it is dried in a process that can last anywhere from 10 days to six weeks.

From BBC

The handprint found underneath was probably made when someone, perhaps the potter, moved the house out of the workshop to dry before firing in a kiln, according to the researchers.

From BBC

Related Words

• furnace
• stove