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kiln Definition

kiln (kil, kiln)

noun

a furnace or oven for drying, burning, or baking something, as bricks, grain, or pottery

Etymology: ME kylne < OE cylne < L culina, cookstove, kitchen

transitive verb

to dry, burn, or bake in a kiln

kiln Synonyms

kiln

n.

hearth, pottery oven, reduction furnace; see furnace, oven.

kiln Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • excavate: Three pottery kilns excavated at Postwick near Norwich dated to the 2nd century AD.
  • dry: The first item was a natural edge bud vase from kiln dried Yew.
  • fire: A lot of kiln fired work, very dramatic large architectural panels.

Adjective modifier

  • lime: The old lime kilns on the eastern side of the harbor.
  • rotary: From the river it is possible to see the three large rotary kilns which are exposed to the elements for most of their length.
  • wood-fired: Martin McWilliam talks about his use of wood-fired kilns.
  • electric: The city potter probably worked in a communal workshop in a derelict warehouse, with electric kilns, making fewer one-off pieces.
  • medieval: Rural medieval pottery kilns in northeast England are rare.
  • 17th: Documentary evidence points to a 17th Century kiln on the same site.

Modifies a noun

  • batt: The flat disk is transferred onto another, preheated kiln batt which is securely seated on one end of a long metal pole.
  • firing: For most kiln firings, the greatest time factor is waiting for the kiln to cool.
  • chimney: Maybe they've got into the attic, or the kiln chimney.
  • shelf: A fired ceramic kiln shelf capable of withstanding thermal shock.
  • dust: Cement kiln dust and chrome sludge were also tested to challenge any proposed methodology.

Noun used with modifier

  • raku: The piece is then fired again in a raku kiln to a point where the glaze has melted enough to form a brittle skin.
  • corn-drying: A possible corn-drying kiln was excavated on the quarry.
  • pottery: A pottery bottle kiln beside the canal in Stock on Trent.
  • cement: Cement kilns provide a useful outlet for some wastes.
  • bonfire: The remaining features, F46B and F225B represent a possible well and a bonfire kiln respectively.
  • malt: The Workshops Workshop 1 is all that survives of an old malt kiln building.