kiln

[ kil, kiln ]
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noun
  1. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.

verb (used with object)
  1. to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.

Origin of kiln

1
before 900; Middle English kiln(e), Old English cylen<Latin culīna kitchen

Other words from kiln

  • un·kilned, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for kiln

kiln

/ (kɪln) /


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

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

Origin of kiln

1
Old English cylen, from Late Latin culīna kitchen, from Latin coquere to cook

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