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

She dubs the all-women’s institution a “kiln of respectability” and doesn’t mind the strict curfews and dress code because she revels in being part of the powerful “Spelman sisterhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Officials have overhauled the management of brick kilns, a major source of black carbon emissions, and taken other measures such as fining drivers of high-emission vehicles and incentivising farmers to stop agricultural burning.

From Barron's

With funds from a wartime grant, a small room off the main space was outfitted with pottery wheels, work tables and a kiln, and stocked with blocks of clay, paint and other art supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

• furnace
• stove