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 200-year-old Denby Pottery fired its final pieces earlier this month before permanently blowing out its kilns.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
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 ● Jan. 21, 2026
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 ● Dec. 10, 2025
The kilns in the neighbouring villages were kept busy firing the bricks, but their output was insufficient, and the carts had to go farther afield, returning dusty and brick-filled.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
