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kiln

/kɪln/

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What does kiln mean?

noun

  1. An oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.

verb

  1. To bake in a kiln; to fire.

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IPA pronunciation

/kɪln/

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He came in the afternoon, and his face, as the kiln glow shone upon it, told the tale sufficiently well.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
The people were about to throw themselves upon Abraham and cast him into the lime kiln.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
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It is faced all over with encaustic tiles, each made at the kiln a thousand miles away, for the particular place it was to occupy.
Isaac Taylor HeadlandCourt Life in China: The Capital, Its Officials and PeopleProject Gutenberg ebook #523
The ability to maintain in the kiln a load from five to seven times greater than ordinarily employed, thereby tending to a more economical output.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
The white vapour of the kiln was passing from us as we went by, and as I had thought a prayer before, I thought a thanksgiving now.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400