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limekiln

[ lahym-kil, -kiln ]

noun

  1. a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.


limekiln

/ ˈlaɪmˌkɪln /

noun

  1. a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of limekiln1

First recorded in 1250–1300, limekiln is from the Middle English word limkilne. See lime 2, kiln
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Example Sentences

He bought the parcel, on which he found a well-preserved old limekiln.

I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn’t have come to life again.

He stepped back and watched as the monks wandered from the boiler houses to the limekiln to the pulp mill, chanting, burning candles and gently tapping a gong.

The 228-acre property straddles the river, with a manufacturing complex on the Maryland riverbank and a limekiln and a million-gallon storage tank on the West Virginia side.

Nearby hiking trails to the limekilns and a waterfall.

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