kiln

[ kil, kiln ]

/ kɪl, kɪln /

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noun

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

verb (used with object)

to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.

Nearby words

killingly, killjoy, killy, kilmarnock, kilmer, kiln, kiln run brick, kiln-dried, kiln-dry, kilner jar, kilo

Origin of kiln

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

Related forms

un·kilned, adjective

Can be confused

kill kiln

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Examples from the Web for kiln

It was only then that the flogging stopped, and the rural judge ran away from the kiln.
The Kingdom of God is Within You / Christianity and Patriotism / Miscellanies|Lev N. Tolstoy
By steaming, the initial process of the Moist-air kiln has been consummated.
Seasoning of Wood|Joseph B. Wagner
In the former an insufficiency of air causes excess of carbon in the kiln and the absorption of oxygen from the glaze.
Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers|George J. Cox
Whatever is forfeited, and is too bad for sale, be it what it will, is doomed to the kiln.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851|Various

There was a shed roof, over the kiln, which sat commonly in the edge of the orchard.
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South|Martha McCulloch Williams

British Dictionary definitions for kiln

kiln

/ (kɪln) /

noun

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

verb

(tr) to fire or process in a kiln

Word Origin for kiln

Old English cylen, from Late Latin culīna kitchen, from Latin coquere to cook

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