kiln
noun
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
kilns
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pluralof kiln.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof kiln (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
kilnnouna furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
Example Sentences
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The Systemiq research estimates that roughly a third of Himalayan glacier melt is driven by black carbon, much of it originating from brick kilns in the plains.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Producers roast the rounded hearts of agave plants in fire pits or kilns, then crush and ferment the cooked material before distilling it in smaller batches.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
Her sketches, which use styles employed in 18th-century architectural drawings, imagine converting vacant office space in the Financial District into fantastical giant kilns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
But first, development is needed to ensure hybrid kilns can produce tiles of the quality that Morbi is known for.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
It lacked glazes, was made by hand rather than on potters’ wheels, was baked in open fires rather than in kilns, and was fired at relatively low temperatures.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
