kiln

[ kil, kiln ]

noun

1. a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying something, especially one for firing pottery, calcining limestone, or baking bricks.

verb (used with object)

1. to burn, bake, or treat in a kiln.

kiln

/ kɪln /

noun

1. a large oven for burning, drying, or processing something, such as porcelain or bricks

verb

1. tr to fire or process in a kiln

Other Words From

• un·kilned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiln¹

before 900; Middle English kiln ( e ), Old English cylen < Latin culīna kitchen

Word History and Origins

Origin of kiln¹

Old English cylen, from Late Latin culīna kitchen, from Latin coquere to cook

Example Sentences

For me, few things match the thrill of pulling something beautiful out of the kiln.

From Vox

Clay shrinks when fired in a kiln, so the first mugs I made that weren’t ugly came out more like handled thimbles.

From Vox

Communities near refineries, cement kilns, and power plants have frequently opposed offset programs.

From MIT Technology Review

Communities near refineries, cement kilns and power plants have frequently opposed offset programs.

From ProPublica

They then make their way to the kiln for a second firing at about 1,300 degrees for 12 hours.

From Eater

To hear the creature talk about it makes my mouth as a brick kiln and my flesh as that of a goose.

From Project Gutenberg

In tar-kiln burning only dead wood is used, the green tree yielding less tar and of lower quality.

From Project Gutenberg

The former, brown in colour, are glazed by throwing salt on the bricks in the kiln.

From Project Gutenberg

Beside a still smoking lime-kiln an abandoned fire was burning down into red coals.

From Project Gutenberg

He built himself a house; he ploughed the land; and then he made a lime-kiln on the very borders of the fairies' home.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• furnace
• stove