kiln
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
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.
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