kiln
a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.
to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.
Origin of kiln
1Other words from kiln
- un·kilned, adjective
Words that may be confused with kiln
- kill, kiln
Words Nearby kiln
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How to use kiln in a sentence
For me, few things match the thrill of pulling something beautiful out of the kiln.
Clay shrinks when fired in a kiln, so the first mugs I made that weren’t ugly came out more like handled thimbles.
Communities near refineries, cement kilns, and power plants have frequently opposed offset programs.
The climate solution actually adding millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere | James Temple, Lisa Song | April 29, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewCommunities near refineries, cement kilns and power plants have frequently opposed offset programs.
The Climate Solution Actually Adding Millions of Tons of CO2 Into the Atmosphere | by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and James Temple, MIT Technology Review | April 29, 2021 | ProPublicaThey then make their way to the kiln for a second firing at about 1,300 degrees for 12 hours.
How Traditional Korean Tableware Is Made for Michelin-Starred Restaurants | Eater Video | January 27, 2021 | Eater
To hear the creature talk about it makes my mouth as a brick kiln and my flesh as that of a goose.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIn tar-kiln burning only dead wood is used, the green tree yielding less tar and of lower quality.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousThe former, brown in colour, are glazed by throwing salt on the bricks in the kiln.
Beside a still smoking lime-kiln an abandoned fire was burning down into red coals.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert ParkerHe built himself a house; he ploughed the land; and then he made a lime-kiln on the very borders of the fairies' home.
Our Little Irish Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade
British Dictionary definitions for kiln
/ (kɪln) /
a large oven for burning, drying, or processing something, such as porcelain or bricks
(tr) to fire or process in a kiln
Origin of kiln
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